Mine detail: Arizona-Tonopah Mine

Previously called 'Beehive Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.14679, -111.04819

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form: SPOTTY

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1925
Last production ended: 1929

Geology

Host type:Arkose,Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Argillitic, Oxidized

References

MRDSM800065
DEP10109817
Reference{Deposit:: ALLEN, M.A. 1920, NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 106}{Deposit:: ABGMT 189, P. 84}{Deposit:: KINNWON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT, U.A.M.S. THESIS}
ReporterGest, Don E.