Mine detail: Carper Shaft

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.69707, -110.04677
dep_id: 10026895
mrds_id: M000880
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Silver
orebody_fm: PIPE-LIKE
alteration: Bisbee Group Limestone Recrystallized
ore_ctrl: Largely Oxidized Argentiferous Galena Along A Strong Fault Zone N30-35e, 75w, Intersected By Fissure With Ne Strike, 35se
Reporter: Gere, W., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.)
hrock_unit: Meso Bisbee Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone
Structure: In Tombstone Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA B. M. BULL. 143, 1938, PL.3 , P.73.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
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