Mine detail: Tom Scott Mine

Previously called 'Mason'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.73791, -109.82148

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Pyrolusite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1907
Last production ended:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact. Beds 10w, 45e, Nnw Trending Gleeson Ridge Overthrust, Bedding Plane Faults

References

MRDS	M800142
DEP	10048118
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLARSON REGION. ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 73}{Deposit:: ABGMT 187, P. 84.}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, P. 84}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.