Mine detail: Cliff Mine

Previously called 'Clifff CliamCliff Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.71254, -112.08518

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Deception Rhyolite;Prot U/Pb Zircon Greater Than 1820 Million Years
Host type:	Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M002652
DEP	10109022
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. 153}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 94}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES (GREEN MONSTER FILE)}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)