Mine detail: Shea Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.7006, -112.09213

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Barium-Barite, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Shea Basalt;
Host type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Foliation In Shea Basalt Trends N65e To N80e, Vein Trends E-W And Crosscuts Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Alteration processes:	Minor Chlorite, Sericite In Country Rocks

References

MRDS	M002687
DEP	10102465
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. 152.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 92.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145, P. 58.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.