Mine detail: Silver Cross Mine

Previously called 'Heck ClaimsCave Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.92145, -111.95545

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Argentite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Pyrolusite, Silver
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1956

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1957
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host type:Metavolcanic Rock,Schist
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Sericitization

References

MRDSM241360
DEP10046344
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES}{Deposit:: DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.