Mine detail: Curtin Or Humphrey Mine

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.06148, -110.77708
dep_id: 10026851
mrds_id: M000507
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Deposits Occur Mainly On The North Or Hanging Wall Side Of The Main Dike.
ore_ctrl: The Main Porphyry Dikes Strike Approximately Parrallel To The Limestone, But Branches Of Them Trend Northeast, And South. In General The Dikes Dip Steeply Northward, But In Places They Form Sills More Or Less Concordant With The Limestone Beds.
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
Structure: 1200 Feet Of The Shaft Is The *arrol Fault.
References:
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E. D., 1951 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 158
  • Production:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 158 .
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