| Location: | Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 32.75733, -109.24897 |
| dep_id: | 10048297 |
| mrds_id: | M800429 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Gold, Silica |
| Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz |
| gangue: | Calcite, Rhodochrosite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR AND NARROW |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Quartz Mineralization Altered And Cemented Fault Breccia; Further Faulting Was Followed By Further Mineralization And Alteration Of Fault Breccia |
| conc_proc: | Mineralization Along Fissure Veins; Ore Decreases In Grade From The Dike Toward The Footwall And Is Essentially A Primary Sulfide |
| ore_ctrl: | Nw Trending Veins That Follow A Fault Fissure Of About 100 Ft Vertical Displacement |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt |
| arock_unit: | Tertiary Volcanic Flows |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Fault Fissure Shears The Tertiary Tuffs/Flows And Forms Hogbacks In Places, Diabase Dike Follows The Hanging Wall Of The Fissure Vein And Separates Vein Material From The Hanging Wall Of The Fault; Diabase Fractures Easily And Has Made It Difficult To Mine The Subjacent Ores Cleanly |
| tectonic: | Ash Peak; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces |
| Year first produced: | 1905 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1970 |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, ASH PEAK MINE, ASH PEAK TAILING DUMP AND MILL, ASH PEAK SILICA MINE, HARDY MINE.
- Deposit:: USBM FILES, SHAMROCK SHAFT, ASH PEAK MINES.
- Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7119.
- Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 851.
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, ASH PEAK MINE, SHAMROCK MINE, VETA MINES INC, GOLDFIELD EXTENSION, ASH PEAK EXTENSION MINING CO, HARDY MINE
- Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1200-AZ.
- Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
- Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
- Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILES.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.
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