Mine detail: Mascot Mine

Previously called 'Tout GroupIncludes: Central Copper, Iron Tower, Mascot No. 1,Consolidated Tunnel, Bachelder Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.2079, -109.59093

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Iron, Beryllium, Bismuth
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	BUNCHES, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1908
Last production ended:	1967

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Overall Palezoic Strike Is E-W, Broken Up By Cret-Paleo Faulting And Intrusions, Fractured And Faulted Blocks Of Pyrometamorphosed Pal Limestone And Cret Shale & Volcanics. Cret-Paleo Granitic Inntrusives At Mascot Shaft And To South. Dikes Of Diabase And Rhyolite Throughout Area. Fissure System Is Generally Striking E-W

References

MRDS	M800325
DEP	10109857
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 62}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ELSING, M. J., AND HEINEMAN, R. E. S., 1936, ABM ECONOMIC SERIES 19, BULL. 140, P. 91.}{Deposit:: MOORE, R. T., AND ROSEVEARE, G. H., 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: U.S. 90TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, P. 257, 259.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H. C., 1966, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS RI-6828, P. 15, 56.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.