Mine detail: Glory Hole Mine

Previously called 'Globe'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.75982, -110.49124

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	PIPE-LIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Glory Hole Volcanics;Copper Creek Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Nnw Trending Block Faults, Faults Striking E-W, N60e, & N10w; Breccia Pipe - Contact Shows No Evidence Of Movement
Tectonic:	Basin & Range
Alteration processes:	Andesite Altered To Quartz & Sericite

References

MRDS	M050125
DEP	10039467
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOL, V. 36, NO. 5, P. 512-538}{Deposit:: GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V. 11, P. 25-31}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.