The El Pero Bonito Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,251 Feet (991 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.05417, -112.30778
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El Pero Bonito Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Pero Bonito Mine
Secondary: Mountain Chief Mine
Secondary: Pero Bonito Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Humbug District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Childers
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths (Quartz-Mica Schist) Trends N40-50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Porphyry Dikes And Foliation In Precambrian Xenoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Adjacent To Some Dikes
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Location): 1.0 MILES EAST OF SITE OF HUMBUG
Comment (Deposit): EL PERO BONITO IS CLAIM (PATENTED) WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP OF 8 CLAIMS. OTHER CLAIMS IN THE GROUP INCLUDE THE GOLCONDA AND GOLDEN CENTRAL
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND ADJACENT TO 40-70 FT WIDE RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKE
Comment (Deposit): MOUNTAIN CHIEF CLAIM GROUP CONTAINS MTN CHIEF, GOLCONDA, AND GOLDEN CENTRAL CLAIM GROUPS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 178-179
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140 P. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT- USBM FILE DATA
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