Mine detail: Davis-Dunkirk Mine

Previously called 'Van Hook, Davis, Murphy, Dunkirk, Poverty, Davis-Dunkirk Mines No. 1Claims Include Dunkirk, West Dunkirk, Kentucky, Judge, Margery, Keno,Retort, Cresent, Indiana, Douglas, General Otis, Captain Lyman'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.41644, -112.44881

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Polybasite, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1874
Last production ended:	1961

Geology

Host type:	Amphibolite,Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Government Canyon Granodiortie;
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e, Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:	None To Minor Silicification In Wall Rocks

References

MRDS	M800334
DEP	10088892
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 119.}{Deposit:: YAVAPAI MAGAZINE, 1918 V. VI, NO. 8, P. 6.}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-997.}{Deposit:: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 137.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)