Mine detail: Whipshaw Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.047, -112.48102

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Gold, Specularite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1931
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist,Amphibole Schist,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N20e To N50e. Tertiary Volcanics Dip Ne, Strike Nw, Veins Parallel Low-Angle (Less Than 50 Deg) Faults Which Trend Nw
Alteration processes:	Minor Fe-Staining

References

MRDS	M003253
DEP	10109041
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 185}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 62}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)