Mineral Resource Map
Mine detail: El Pero Bonito Mine
Previously called 'Mountain Chief MinePero Bonito Mine'
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Location
| Lat / long: | 34.05423, -112.30852 |
Resource(M)
| Primary: | Copper, Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold |
| Gangue: | Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR LENS |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
Production
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1910 |
| Last production ended: | 1927 |
Geology
| Host type: | Rhyolite |
| Associated rock: | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Prophyry Dikes |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N40-50 E, Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths |
| Alteration processes: | Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes |
References
| MRDS | M800032 |
| DEP | 10048062 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140 P. 60-61}{Deposit:: ABGMT- USBM FILE DATA} |
| Reporter | Dewitt, Ed H. |