Mine detail: Ox Hide Mine

Previously called 'Upper Ox HideLower Ox HideSchultze MineSchultze Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.38591, -110.92458

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1968-1980
First production started:	1929
Last production ended:	1984

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist;Schultze Granite
Host type:	Schist
Structure:	Ns Curving To Wnw Fault Forms Needle Creek Valley, Faulting Is Mainly E-W In Mined Area
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M241219
DEP	10046313
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS P.P. 342, 1962, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR OXHIDE MINE FILE.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.)