Mine detail: Iron Cap Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.50125, -110.75929

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Orebody form:	UNKNOWN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1947
Last production ended:	1948

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Welded Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Mount Wrightson Formation
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Northward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic Limestone, Located On Or Near Northward Extension Of Harshaw Creek Fault
Tectonic:	Alum Gulch Fault Block; Complex Fault Systems Associated With Harshaw Creek Fault
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths; Pyrite Gossan At Surface

References

MRDS	M899927
DEP	10048340
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, IRON CAP MINE}{Deposit:: BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)}{Deposit:: KARTCHNER, WAYNE E. 1944 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P.82-84}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.