Mine detail: White Oaks and Big Steve Mines

Previously called 'Old ClarkeWhite Oak Adit.'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.37347, -111.08374

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Amethyst, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1926
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Nw Trending Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Marcasite To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan; Cerussite Also Fills Fissures And Partly Replaces Breccia And Gouge

References

MRDS	M241355
DEP	10109796
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #19-WHITE OAKS; CLUSTER #20-BIG STEVE MINE}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA; BIG STEVE MINE FILE; WHITE OAK FILE.}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 72}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1147-A, P. A42-A44}{Deposit:: USAEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT D-441, 1952, A-R-2, 1953}{Deposit:: NELSON, F.J., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan)