Mine detail: Groom Mine

Previously called 'Amazon'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.06339, -112.54268

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1928
Last production ended: 1958

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Gneiss,Rhyolite,Granite
Associated type:Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e, Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alteration processes:Minor To None

References

MRDSM800210
DEP10048160
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS FILES)}{Deposit:: AZ. DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA (TEXAS CHIEF FILE)}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 64}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)