Mine detail: Saginaw Mine

Previously called 'Papago QueenGold HillAmole GroupGold MountainSaginaw Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.14568, -111.0793

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Cuprite, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Amole Arkose
Host type:	Arkose
Associated rock:	Saginaw Hill Porphyry, Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Ne Trending Fractures, Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Clay, Pyrite, Garnetized-Epidotized

References

MRDS	M050631
DEP	10039675
Reference	{Deposit:: KINNESON, 1958, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 123 P.}{Deposit:: ASHLEY, R.P., 1974, FIELD EXAM}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 103}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: Ariz Bur Mines Bull 189 P102 1974}{Environmental Factors:: Abandoned Mines Site Investigations at Saginaw Hill Pime County, AZ. Accessed 28-JUL-2009. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/az/pdfs/nepa/library/saginaw.Par.27395.File.dat/Saginaw_Hill_Fact_Sheet.pdf}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Admr, Anderson, Claire