Arizona · La Paz County
Producer

Billy Mack Mine

La Paz County, Arizona, United States
CopperGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS
Ore controlThe Deposit Occupies The Contact Plane Between The Underlying Limestone And The Micaceous Chlorite Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureCross-Fractures
Tectonic settingBlock Faulting
AlterationThe Whole Series Has Been Subjected To Pressure, And, As The Schistosity Developed Far More Easily In The Basic Rock Than In The Limestones, The Basic Rock Shows Contortion, While The Limestone Are Only Crushed And Brecciated In Places
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1870
Last production1960
Identification
Deposit ID10027865
MRDS IDM004246
Alternate namesRuby
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.18865, -114.19162
References
ABM BULL 137, P. 126USGS BULL 451, P. 74ABM BULL 192, P. 123USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA(1) A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.