Latitude: 33°0'48"N
Longitude: 110°43'9"W
A group of Au-Cu claims / underground mine located on several unpatented claims in the NW¼ sec. 9, T5S, R16E (Christmas 7.5 minute topo map), about 3¾ miles NE of Winkelman, on state land Owned by Mr. Rieder.
Mineralization occurs in poorly defined shear zones hosted in quartz monzonite and andesite and includes secondary copper minerals. Alteration is chloritization.
Workings include 2 tunnels side by side, one caved.
References
Ross, Clyde P. (1925) Ore Deposits of the Saddle Mountain and Banner Mining Districts, Arizona, USGS Bull. 771.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 15 (Table 1).
USGS Christmas Quadrangle map.U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U files.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026866; MRDS ID #M000649; and Dep. ID #10259485, MAS ID #0040211048.
Mineral List
5 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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