Mine detail: Octave Mine

Previously called 'Joker'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.14422, -112.70742

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Ne And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Deg
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls, Silicification

References

MRDS	M003608
DEP	10027632
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 66.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 103.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.