Mine detail: Hoatson Mine

Previously called 'Calumet and Arizona Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.42736, -109.90121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sacramento Hill Stock;Sacramento Dike
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting, Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization
Alteration processes:	Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

References

MRDS	M241105
DEP	10046240
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.}{Deposit:: BONILLAS, 1917, AIME TRANS, V. 55, P. 284-355}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
Reporter	Zigler, Jan L., Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)