Mine detail: Capilano Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.18365, -114.2019

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Osborne Wash Formation
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults., Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults.
Tectonic:	Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	Oxidized Copper Mineralization

References

MRDS	M004242
DEP	10027863
Reference	{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 127}{Deposit:: ABGMT BULL 192, P. 123}{Deposit:: WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)