Mine detail: Wooley Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.04509, -111.02458

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Ruin Granite
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	Dikes And Fault Fissures Trend Both E-W And Nw In Area, E-W Trending Fissure Zone Through Mine: Main Zone N83e
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M241179
DEP	10046284
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS GQ 1206, 1975.}{Deposit:: GRANGER & RAUP, 1962, USGS BULL 1147-A}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.), Gere, W.