Arizona · Yavapai County
Producer
Monte Cristo Mine
Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
Silver
Copper
Gold
Nickel
Cobalt
Arsenic
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Commodities
Primary
Silver
Secondary
Copper, Gold
Tertiary
Nickel, Cobalt, Arsenic
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
BANDS/LENSES
Ore control
Faulting, Shearing Igneous Activity - Dikes
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Chloanthite, Niccolite, Pyrite, Silver, Tennantite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Diorite,Gneiss,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated rock
Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
Structure
Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e, Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alteration
Minor To None
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10027541
MRDS ID
M003309
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
34.06506, -112.58325
References
BASTIN, E.S., 1922 , PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER ORES NEAR WICKENBURG, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 735 - EA.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103 .