Mine detail: Basin Mine Group

Previously called 'Dewey ProspectRed Rock ProspectWieland GroupGreat Silver MineBasin No 1 Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.48097, -110.7165

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Limonite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	LENSES AND SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Porphyritic To Fine-Grained Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows, Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Systems Cutting Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain
Tectonic:	Red Mountain And Corral Canyon Fault Blocks
Alteration processes:	Andesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material;Surface Oxidation To Great Depths

References

MRDS	M899944
DEP	10048356
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{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}{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:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 275-276}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 56}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; WEILAND-GEBLER GROUP, GREAT SILVER MINE}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.