Mine detail: American Eagle Mine

Previously called 'American Eagle Basin'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.74954, -110.49624

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated rock:	Copper Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Strong Zone Of Faulting Striking E-W And Cut By Cross Faults Strik Ing N60e & N20e
Tectonic:	Basin & Range
Alteration processes:	Sericite With Breccia Pipes & Dacite Porphyry; Potassic And Argill Ic, Lesser Propylitization, Silicification, And Tourmalinization

References

MRDS	M050121
DEP	10039464
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378}{Deposit:: GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 25}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON. GEOL. V. 36, NO. 5, P. 522}{Production:: SIMONS, 1954}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.