Mine detail: Zonia

Previously called 'Zonia Mcmahon MineZonia GroupClaims Include Zonia GroupBlack PrinceShamrockDefianceCupriteFairplayCopperopolis'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.30338, -112.63297

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Melaconite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	STRATIFORM, IRREGULAR, LENS, VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation And Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N 40 E, Massive Sulfide Lenses, Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	M800384
DEP	10109870
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ABGMT -USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA (REEL 4000-60).}{Deposit:: USBM R.I. 4023 (1947).}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.