Mine detail: Three C Ranch Mine

Previously called 'Mary West'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.53344, -110.74207

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS LIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Pioneer Formation
Host type:	Slate,Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Bodies Of Lcret Granodiorite Intruded Into Folded And Faulted Precambrian Sediments And Diabase, And Cambrian Sediments. Nw And N Trending Faults Throughout District, Nw Trending Pioneer Formation Beds, Dip 30-35 Ne

References

MRDS	M241185
DEP	10046289
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967}{Deposit:: ADMR THREE C RANCH MINE AND MILL FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILE, CLUSTER #465}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.