Mine detail: Cyclopic

Previously called 'Indian Secret'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.78279, -114.24498

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1921

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Peraluminous Granite
Structure:Tertiary Age Detachment Zone
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification, Chloritization, Argillization

References

MRDSTC40401
DEP10065282
Reference{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: MYERS, I.A., SMITH, E.I., AND WYMAN, R.V., 1986, CONTROL OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE CYCLOPIC MINE, GOLD BASIN DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTRY, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1553-1557.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992; MYERS AND OTHERS, 1986.}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.