Mine detail: Burney Mines

Previously called 'BirthdayCopper RoseStove LidLead Reef'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.55233, -110.79846

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Psilomelane

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1947
Last production ended:	1967

Geology

Host rock:	Apache Group,Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	N To Nw Mogul Fault Is 1 Mile N With Prec Oracle Granite To N; 25 M.Y. Samaniego Granite Intrudes Precambrian Rocks 1 Mile S Of Mines, Nw Trending Faults And Dikes; Ne Trending Faults With Minor Displacement
Alteration processes:	Not Deeply Oxidized, Some Fresh Sulfides

References

MRDS	M899872
DEP	10048308
Reference	{Deposit:: WALLACE, R.M., 1955. STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA U.A. PHD THESIS, 45 P.}{Deposit:: ADMR BIRTHDAY MINE FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.