Mine detail: Little Joseph Mine

Previously called 'Little JoeAcquisition ?Columbia Gold Mining Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.05145, -112.30018

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1890
Last production ended: 1939

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N 40-50 E, Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alteration processes:Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes

References

MRDSM800037
DEP10048066
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179}
ReporterDewitt, Ed H.