Mine detail: Portmanteau Mine

Previously called 'Gold Hill MineVan Buskirk'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.88924, -111.85822

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore: Gold, Silver
Discovery year: 1920

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1937

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:Small Granite Pod Surrounded By Acteres Shale, Siltstone. Ne Trending Tert Fractures In Area. Tert Basalts Cap Mesas Locally Large Out Crop Extent Of 1.2 By Caxe Creek Quartz Monzonite Begins 1 1/2 Miles S. Of Mine, Granitic Intrusion Into Prec Sediments. Intrusive Outcrop Is 1/3 Mile In Length, E-W Elongated, And 1/6 Mile Wide. Mine Is At West End Of Intrusion

References

MRDSM241500
DEP10046363
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: DEWITT, ED, 1981, UNPUBLISHED MAPPING}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)