Mine detail: Mclenden Mine

Previously called 'Turquoise King'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.77124, -109.81565

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1935
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Abrigo Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Abrigo Dips 70 Degrees E, Smaller Faults, Post-Enrichment, Are Sw To N-S, Variable Dip
Tectonic:	Faulted Contact To East Is With Mississipian Limestones
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Is Spotty

References

MRDS	M800137
DEP	10048116
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT 187, P. 83}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.