Mine detail: Pocahontas Mine

Previously called 'Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.38866, -112.19352

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906
Last production ended: 1947

Geology

Host rock:Spud Mtn Volcanics
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Spud Mtn Volcanics
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation Trends Due North
Alteration processes:Chloritization And Sericitization Near Massive Sulfide

References

MRDSM800007
DEP10088872
Reference{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 142-143.}{Deposit:: USBM MINES HANDBOOK, 1922.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140, P. 101.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterDewitt, Ed H.