Mine detail: Mineral Hill Mine

Previously called 'Continental'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.23226, -114.01329

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Iron
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1970

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Shale
Structure:	On Low-Angle Fault Zone, The Strata Which Form Mineral Hill Are Undoubtedly Continuous With Those Resting On The Gneiss In The Vicinity Of Planet, And Both Series Were Probably Lifted And Deformed At The Same Time. In General The Dip Varies From 30 Deg To 50 Deg Sw. Due To Folding And Faulting.
Tectonic:	Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	Limestone Replaced By Specular Hematite.

References

MRDS	M003958
DEP	10027722
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 55.}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8236, P. 127.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 192, P. 173.}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR 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: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.