Mine detail: Upshot Mine

Previously called 'Billy Goat'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.42311, -112.26657

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1931
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host type:	Chert,Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Bedding And Foliation Trend N 20 E, Foliation Parallels Transposed Bedding
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M800011
DEP	10048047
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: WEBB, W.F., 1978, M.S. THESIS, UNN. OF AZ. 113 PGS.}{Deposit:: USGS GQ MAP 997}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1336}
Reporter	Dewitt, Ed H.