Mine detail: Mountainside Mine

Previously called 'Mountainside Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.16672, -112.72075

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1934
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

References

MRDS	M800231
DEP	10088886
Reference	{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)