Mine detail: Old Sample Mine

Previously called 'Sample Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.92203, -111.84739

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1950

Geology

Host rock:	Ruin Granite
Host type:	Diabase,Granite
Structure:	Geographically Extensive L Cret-Tert Mineralized System With Ew Trending Dikes Is Found 3 To 5 Miles Ne Of Mine, In Same District, And Probable Related Mineralization, Diabase Outcrop Along N-S Trend, Overall Local Structure In Prec Nnw

References

MRDS	M241198
DEP	10046298
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #636}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 1106, 1974}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Bolm, Karen S.