Mine detail: United Verde Mine

Previously called 'HullBig HoleHopewell Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.75198, -112.1238

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold
Secondary: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Ankerite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Jasper, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: PIPELIKE/CRESCENT, ARCUATE
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1908-1951
First production started: 1884
Last production ended: 1975

Geology

Host rock:Deception Rhyolite;Grapevine Gulch Formation;Cleopatra Quartz Porphyry
Host type:Gabbro,Rhyolite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w, Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization, Chloritization, Pyritization

References

MRDSM002664
DEP10109023
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. 101-135.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., AND NASH, J.T., 1972, GEOLOGY OF THE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS AT JEROME, ARIZONA - A REINTERPRETATION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 67 , NO. 7, NOVEMBER 1972, P. 845.}{Deposit:: ALENIUS, E.M.J., 1968 , A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNITED VERDE OPEN PIT, JEROME, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 178, P. 33.}{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 PP308, P. 101; A.B.M. BULLETIN 178, P. 33; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS PP 308, P. 118; NIEMUTH, 1986.}
ReporterGere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.