Arizona · Yavapai County
Producer

El Pero Bonito Mine

Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
CopperSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR LENS
Ore controlFaulting, Shearing
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolite Prophyry Dikes
StructureFoliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N40-50 E, Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
AlterationSericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Last production1927
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10048062
MRDS IDM800032
Alternate namesMountain Chief Mine, Pero Bonito Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.05423, -112.30852
References
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEUSGS BULL 782, P. 178-179ABM BULL 140 P. 60-61ABGMT- USBM FILE DATA