Mine detail: Planet Mine

Previously called 'New PlanetPlanet Copper MinePlanet Mine Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.2456, -113.95828

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silica, Ferrosilicon, Iron
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Gold, Limestone, General
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Limestone, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Specularite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENSING
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1863
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss,Shale
Structure:	The Foliated Structure Is Very Pronounced In Places And The General Dip Of The Lamination Plane Is 15 Deg And 30 Deg Se. Some Faulting Has Taken Place In These Rocks, But Not Nearly As Much As Would Be Supposed From A Cursory Examination Of The Relation Of The Overlying Sediments To The Older Gneiss
Tectonic:	Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	Hematite Replaces Limestone, Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	M003887
DEP	10027705
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140, P. 104.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 128.}{Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P. 173.}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{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. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 128}{Reserve-Resource:: HARRER, 1964; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.