Mine detail: Azurite Mine

Previously called 'RosellaSandyGulch Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.82611, -115.56112

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Platinum
Ore:	Aurichalcite, Bornite, Calamine, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BRECCIA ZONE
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Anchor Limestone;Bullion Dolomite
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Large-Scale Overthrusts, Nw Trending Breccia Zones. Considerable Folding
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M031094
DEP	10111424
Reference	{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 118-120.}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, P. 102-108.}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1915, A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 12.}{Production:: LONGWELL AND OTHERS, 1965.}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.