Mine detail: Rattler Mine

Previously called 'Troy-ManhattanTroy-Arizona'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.14203, -110.88597

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR/IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1903
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite, Troy Quartzite;Troy Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Rattler Granodiorite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Strata Strike Ew, Dips., Workings Adjacent To Ene Trending Fault, Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike Trends Ew

References

MRDS	M899871
DEP	10109878
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS GQ 1021, 1971}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR TROY AND RATTLER MINE FILES}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L. USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., RAY FOLIO, 1923 MAP AND P22.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.