Mine detail: Dogwater Mine

Previously called 'Silver Cable Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.8726, -110.31539

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist: Schistose Graywacke, Schist, Metavolcanics
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Horse Mountain Volcanics;Goodwin Canyon Quartz Monzonite ; Possibly Santa Teresa Granit E
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous E To Ne Trending Folds, Waterfall Canyon Fault Offsetting Grand Reef Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification In Fault Breccia, Strong Alteration To White Clay M Inerals

References

MRDS	M050154
DEP	10103742
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120 P.}{Deposit:: DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.