Mine detail: Alvarado Mine

Previously called 'Planet SaturnLiberty Hills Gold'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.19588, -112.77797

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1935
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree.
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

References

MRDS	M800213
DEP	10109847
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM I.C. 6991, P. 43-46}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137, P. 68}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)