Arizona · Pinal County
Producer

Bulldog Mine

Pinal County, Arizona, United States
GoldSilverCopper
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Description

O.E. Merrill

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlGold Closest To Contact With An Andesite Dike, In Highly Altered Granite
Materials
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureAndesite And Basalt Complex, Layers Generally Wnw Strike, 30 Ne Dip, Nw Trending Faults, N-S Dikes. Volcanic Complex Exposed 100 M Nw Of Mine On Blue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1914
Last production1942
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10046291
MRDS IDM241188
Alternate namesBulldog and Enterprise Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.46202, -111.51099
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAADMR BULLDOG MINE FILESHERIDAN, M.F.,1968. VOLCANIC GEOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE APACHE TRAIL. IN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY S. ARIZONA GUIDE BOOK III, P. 227-229.FODOR, 1969, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE GOLDFIELD MOUNTAINS, AZ, MS THESIS, AZ STATE UNIV