Mine detail: Old Reliable Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.75204, -110.48985

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
Ore:	Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Olivenite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1973-1981
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1981

Geology

Host rock:	Glory Hole Volcanics;Copper Creek Granodiorite
Host type:	Tuff,Latite,Andesite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Most Faults Strike E-W With N60e System Less Developed
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Central Part Of Pipe Is Highly Silicified

References

MRDS	M050126
DEP	10103740
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 46.1}{Deposit:: WEED, 1913, MINING & ENG. WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378.}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOL, V. 36, NO. 5, P. 52.1}{Deposit:: GREELEY, 1978, ADMR SPEC. REPT. NO. 2.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{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:: GREELEY, 1976, P. 27; SIMONS, 1964; ABM FILE DATA; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.