Mine detail: Christmas Mine

Previously called 'Dragoon'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.86985, -109.94872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Lead, Malachite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host rock:	Bisbee Group Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Stronghold Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives, East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets. Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds
Alteration processes:	Pyrometasomatic Replacements

References

MRDS	M241056
DEP	10046208
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 68.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 6, P. 460}{Deposit:: MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.}
Reporter	Zigler, Jan L., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.)