Mine detail: Kay Copper Mine

Previously called 'BuckeyeMariettaDioriteHarriet'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

34.06034, -112.16045

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910
Last production ended:	1966

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation And Some Bedding Trend N 20 E, Foliation Trends N 20 E
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M800040
DEP	10048069
Reference	{Deposit:: US GEOL SURVEY BULL 782, P. 155.}{Deposit:: ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.}{Deposit:: AZ BUR. OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: NORTHWEST MINING TRUTH, APR 18, 1919, P. 1}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Dewitt, Ed H., Orris, Greta J.