Mine detail: Peer and Peerless Group

Previously called 'Quijotoa Mine'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.07067, -112.14711
dep_id: 10026738
mrds_id: M000021
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Hematite, Quartz, Selenite
orebody_fm: POCKETS
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Barite Deposited From Meteoric Waters
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Fault Zone In Rhyolite Volcanics
Year first produced: 1880
yr_lst_prd: 1892
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 141.
  • Deposit:: STEWART, L.A., AND PFISTER, A.J., 1960 , BARITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM IC 5651.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 141 .
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