Arizona · Gila County
Past Producer

Gold-Copper Mines Co.

Gila County, Arizona, United States
GoldCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationIn A Number Of Places Altered Igneous Rock Forms The South Wall Of The Main Vein. In The Hand Specimen This Is A Fine-Grained Dull-Green Rock Speckled With Numerous Small White Feldspar Phenocrysts. It Is An Aggregate Of Chlorite, Epidote, Residual Bits Of Feldspar, And Indeterminate Alteration Products. The Rock Is Probably An Altered Intrusive Andesite, Perhaps Related To The Dioritic Dikes That Are Common In This Region.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10026849
MRDS IDM000505
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.07315, -110.78458
References
ROSS, C. P., 1925 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DESTRICTS, ARIZONA; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 771