Mine detail: Old Ripsey Mine

Previously called 'Ripsey MineRipsey Canyon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.00342, -110.97486

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Ruin Granite
Host type:	Diabase,Granite
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyodacite
Structure:	Irregular To Ew Trending Outcrop Of Granodiorite S Of Mine Complexly Faulted Precambrian Sediments 1/4 To 1/2 Mile E Of Mine, Ns Trending Diabase Outcrop, Surrounded By Ruin Granite

References

MRDS	M241191
DEP	10046293
Reference	{Deposit:: FL RANSOME 1923 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, RAY FOLIO P. 23}{Deposit:: ADMR RIPSEY CANYON MINE FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER #660}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE GQ-1188, 1975}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.