Mine detail: Big Chief Mine

Previously called 'Big Chief GroupRailroad Patented Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.41588, -112.49547

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1921
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M800391
DEP	10048269
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA}{Deposit:: YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1921, V. IX, NO. 6, P. 10-11}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)