Mine detail: Mt. Jackson Mine

Previously called 'Rhodes Spar'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.93704, -110.12789

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore: Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Galiuro Volcanics
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite
Structure:Faulting
Alteration processes:Epidotization, Silicification

References

MRDSM050716
DEP10039721
Reference{Deposit:: PERSONAL FILES, PHILIP BLACET}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterBlacet, P., Orris, Greta J.