Mine detail: Mohawk-New Year Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.70399, -110.68207

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Brochantite, Calamine, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprodescloizite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1896
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Quaternary Gila Conglomerate Overlies Ore Zone, The Mammoth Fault, N22w, 56 To 70 Deg Ne, Cuts The Veins
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To A Depth Of 500 Ft. Silicification From Slight To Complete Replacement Is Common But Most Intense In The Veins. Breccia Fragments Are Altered To Sericite And Clay. Some Chloritization

References

MRDS	M899857
DEP	10048300
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #519.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA - MOHAWK MINE FILE, MOLYBDENUM GOLD MINING CO FILE, MOLYBDENUM CORP OF AMERICA FILE, ST. ANTHONY AND DEV. CO. FILE.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1938, ABM BULL 144, P. 60-62.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ABM BULL 137, P. 170-174.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET #706, SE 1/2 T8S, R16E.}{Deposit:: CREASEY, 1965, USGS PP 471, P. 31.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.)