Mine detail: Weepah Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.36616, -113.20577

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Gangue:	Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1940
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Hillside Mica Schist (Muscovite Schist)
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite,Granite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:	Minor Foliation In Schist Trends Ne; Igneous Rocks Massive, Veins Often Are Low-Angle, Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M800171
DEP	10048136
Reference	{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM I.C. 6991, P. 74-75}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)