Mine detail: Carnation Mine

Previously called 'EmpireGray Eagle'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.19893, -114.14662

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Copper, Hematite, Malachite, Siderite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1910
Last production ended:	1969

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults, Silicified Normal Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Block Faulting

References

MRDS	M004111
DEP	10109063
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 451, P. 76}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140, P. 104}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 192, P. 123}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA}{Deposit:: WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P.104. (10) KEITH, S.B., 1978.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)