Mine detail: Buzzar
* Shadow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.07177, -109.40732

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Manganese, Silver, Copper
Gangue:	Epidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1915

Geology

Host rock:	Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry, South Of Zone Between Coronado Ridge And Gold Gulch Fault Blocks
Alteration processes:	Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substantial Development Of Epidote And Magnetite

References

MRDS	M800157
DEP	10088879
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905).}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. X, P. 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK V. XI, P. 444, HOME COPPER CO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.