Mine detail: Buckeye Mine

Previously called 'Buckeye Copper Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.22675, -112.87297

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Metamorphic Rocks Domed And Faulted By Plutonium In Mine Area, Minor Displacement On Faults., Ne Foliation On Schist, Quartz Monzonite And Quartz Diorite Intrusives 1/2 Mile W Of Mine

References

MRDS	M241371
DEP	10046345
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: CHEESEMAN, R.J., 1974. GEOLOGY OF THE WEBB MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, GILA BEND MOUNTAINS MARICOPA COUNTY MS. THESIS, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)