Mine detail: Mineral Hill Mine

Previously called 'Old Azurite MineCopper Glance'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.98651, -111.08763

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Wollastonite
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Wollastonite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Brecciated Limestone, Fault & Fracture Intersections, Mineral Hill Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Partly Oxidized; Garnetized Limestone

References

MRDS	M050359
DEP	10039575
Reference	{Deposit:: MANUGA, 1942, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}{Deposit:: COOPER, USGS BULL 1112}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 135}{Deposit:: STORMS & BOWMAN, 1957, USBM IC 7786}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: MACKENZIE, 1959, AZ GEOL SOC SOUTHERN AZ GUIDEBOOK II}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1974; ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.