Mine detail: Climax Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.98895, -112.54074

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Beryllium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Schist Strikes E With N Dip, Cross Fractures Also Are Mineralized.
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitic

References

MRDS	M003416
DEP	10109052
Reference	{Deposit:: DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 38}{Deposit:: WILSON, ABM BULLETIN 148, P. 24.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)