Mine detail: Cleopatra Mine

Previously called 'Cleopatra Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.74421, -112.11741

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1958
Last production ended: 1959

Geology

Host rock:Deception Rhyolite And Cleopatra Quartz Prophyry Member Of Deception Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massiv E Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSM800329
DEP10088890
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS FILE)}{Deposit:: USGS PP308 P.154}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P.95}
ReporterLaraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)