Mine detail: Dripping Springs Mines

Previously called 'ColumbiaGold QueenRoundtopGold Nugget'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.14342, -110.86291

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz, Specularite
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1901
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Limestone;Abrigo Formation;Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	E-W Trending Faults Closely Spaced, And N-S Trending Faults. Major N-S Fault Separates Complexly Faulted Paleozoic Sediments To The West From Precambrain Diabase And Mescal Limestone To The East. Body Of Cret Rattler Granodiorite 1/2 Mile North Of Mine, E-W Trending Rhyolite Intrusions, E-W Faults, Martin And Abrigo Beds On West Side (See N5) Are Almost Flatlying, With Generally Northerly Strikes, Dips 5 To 15 E. Dikes Are 50 To 150 Ft Wide
Alteration processes:	Srong Oxidation, Workings Throughout Oxidation Zone Which Is Only Upper 500 Feet

References

MRDS	M241245
DEP	10046332
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR COLUMBIA AND TROY CLAIMS FILES}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 1442, 1978}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 771, 1925}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.