Arizona · Pinal County
Producer
Rattler Mine
Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Copper
Gold
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Gold, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR/IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fissures And Veins, Near Rhyolite Dikes
Materials
Ore minerals
Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue
Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite,Limestone · Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite, Troy Quartzite;Troy Quartzite
Associated rock
Rhyolite · Rattler Granodiorite
Structure
Strata Strike Ew, Dips., Workings Adjacent To Ene Trending Fault, Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike Trends Ew
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1903
Last production
1945
Identification
Deposit ID
10109878
MRDS ID
M899871
Alternate names
Troy, Troy-Manhattan, Troy-Arizona
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
33.14203, -110.88597
References
USGS GQ 1021, 1971ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAADMR TROY AND RATTLER MINE FILESRANSOME, F.L. USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., RAY FOLIO, 1923 MAP AND P22.