Mine detail: La Clede Mine

Previously called 'Laclede Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.84149, -110.29011

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Epidote
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Buford Canyon Form Mesozoic Cenozoi Andesite Or Basalt Flows & Flow Breccia
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults, Grand Reef Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M050155
DEP	10039487
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 763}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461}{Production:: SIMONS, 1964}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)