Mine detail: Continental Mine

Previously called 'Continental Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.41897, -110.94764

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BUNCHY BENEATH 100 FT, TABULAR ABOVE 100 FT
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite;Diabase
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Jewel Hill Fault, 1/4 Mile Ne, Faults Paleozoic Sediments And Tertiary Whitetail Conglomerate To The Sw Against Prec Pinal Schist To The Ne. Another Nw Trending Fault With Associated Off Shoots Goes Through Mine Area., Diabase Faulted Against Quartz Monzonite, Which Forms Fault Block And Also Outcrops In Large Pod W And S Of Mine. The Pod Extends S To The Castle Dome Mine

References

MRDS	M241239
DEP	10109790
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 159}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS PP 342, 1962, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 971, 1951, P 128-9.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.