Mine detail: Springfield Mine

Previously called 'Springfield GroupSpringfield Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.20783, -112.37241

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	CHIMNEY

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Crown King Granodiorite (Informal Name);
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Veins Trend N20e, Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Argillization

References

MRDS	M004298
DEP	10027874
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 782, P. 165.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, P. 354.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USGS BULL 782, P. 165-6 .}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Carbonaro, Marguerite M.