Mine detail: Billy Mack Mine

Previously called 'Ruby'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.18865, -114.19162

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1870
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Cross-Fractures
Tectonic:	Block Faulting
Alteration processes:	The Whole Series Has Been Subjected To Pressure, And, As The Schistosity Developed Far More Easily In The Basic Rock Than In The Limestones, The Basic Rock Shows Contortion, While The Limestone Are Only Crushed And Brecciated In Places

References

MRDS	M004246
DEP	10027865
Reference	{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 126}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 74}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 192, P. 123}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA}{Production:: (1) A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)