Mine detail: Superior and Boston Mine

Previously called 'Black Oxide MineGreat Eastern Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.43508, -110.75541

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908
Last production ended: 1959

Geology

Host rock:Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Ne Trending Faults Which Often Form Diabase/Prec Sediment Contacts, Sediments Strike Ne Dip 20-30 Se. Prec Dripping Springs Quartzite And Prec Basalt In General Area, E Extension Of Ne Trending North Vein, Nw Trending Mcgaw Fault Is Adjacent To Mine, West Of Mine. Fissure Vein Dips Steeply Nw

References

MRDSM241205
DEP10046303
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, 1920, P. 227.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 342, 1962, P. 110-112.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)