Mine detail: Florentia Mine

Previously called 'Florencia Mine-Florencia Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.75004, -112.11296

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: 1943
Last production ended: 1949

Geology

Host rock:Deception Rhyolite, Quartz Porphyry;Grapevine Gulch Formation
Host type:Gabbro,Schist,Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSM800342
DEP10088894
Reference{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA (CLAIM MAPS)}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FEDERAL MINE MAP REPOSITORY, REEL 4046-178}
ReporterLaraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)