Mine detail: United Verde Extension Mine

Previously called 'UvxDaisyLittle Daisy'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.75365, -112.11296

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Jasper, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	ELLIPTICAL
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1900-1938
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1974

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M002668
DEP	10102464
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 308, P. 135.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145, P. 50.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 79.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUN * GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USGS PP 308, 136.}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J., Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)