Mine detail: Legal Tender Prospect

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.07762, -110.03427
dep_id: 10039390
mrds_id: M050017
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chrysocolla
gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: SMALL SEAMS AND POCKETS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Tactite, Recrystallized Limestone.
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Texas Canyon
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faulting Overriding To Ne., Lamprophyre Dike.
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
  • Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
  • Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2 DRILL HOLES.
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
  • Production:: COOPER AND SILVER 1964.
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