Mine detail: Red Cloud Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.52226, -113.23216

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Lead
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1947
Last production ended: 1951

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 20 E To N 30 E, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Pyritization

References

MRDSM800225
DEP10048172
Reference{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)