Mine detail: Elevation Mine Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.52097, -110.72373

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics, Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain
Tectonic:	Red Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North
Alteration processes:	Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

References

MRDS	M899934
DEP	10048347
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 264-265}{Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C, 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.22}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.