Mine detail: Capilano Mine

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.18365, -114.2019
dep_id: 10027863
mrds_id: M004242
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Oxidized Copper Mineralization
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Is Associated With Low-Angle Normal Faults.
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Osborne Wash Formation
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults., Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults.
tectonic: Block Faulting
References:
  • 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.
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