Mine detail: Bullwhacker Prospect

Previously called 'Bowlder ClaimBoulder Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.54727, -112.40936

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	CHIMNEY
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1879
Last production ended:	1936

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Meta-Basalt
Associated type:	Diorite,Basalt
Structure:	Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N-S To Slightly E Of North, Veins Parallel Foliation Or Cross-Cut It As Slight Angles
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M004363
DEP	10027892
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 28}{Deposit:: KRIEGER, M.H., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE PRESCOTT AND PAULDEN QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 467 , P. 111}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)