Mine detail: Unida Mine

Previously called 'Blue NelleyBloo Nelley'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.05534, -112.59547

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Copper, Gold
Gangue:	Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1929
Last production ended:	1976

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Gneiss,Rhyolite,Granite
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N35e To N65e, Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alteration processes:	Minor To None

References

MRDS	M800212
DEP	10048162
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM REEL 4001-542, 544}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)