Mine detail: Cuprite Mine

Previously called 'Copper CollarMarble TapSide IssueCopper TopCopper VisionCopper ChiefSolo'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.92818, -110.70957

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1899

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	N45 E-45se And N35 W-35sw Tear Faults. Thrust Faulted And Frac Tured Block Adjacent Intrusive
Alteration processes:	Silication, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M050490
DEP	10039611
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 134-136}{Deposit:: CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 125}{Deposit:: FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.