Mine detail: Mark Twain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.42255, -112.47797

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead, Gold, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906
Last production ended: 1949

Geology

Host type:Slate,Amphibolite,Rhyolite
Associated type:Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N10w, Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:None

References

MRDSM800362
DEP10048248
Reference{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S. BULL 782, P. 118}{Deposit:: YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918, VOL VI, NO 5, P. 4-5}{Deposit:: YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, VOL IX, NO 6, P. 10}{Deposit:: USGS GQ MAP GQ-997}
ReporterLaraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)