Mine detail: Abril Mine

Previously called 'Dos HermanosHerrera'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.90846, -109.99177
dep_id: 10026967
mrds_id: M001415
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
Trace mineral: Wollastonite, Asbestos, Bismuth, Beryllium, Lithium, Cadmium, Gallium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver, Sphalerite, Wollastonite
gangue: Chrysotile, Epidote, Garnet
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Beneath Bedding Plane Faults And Associated With Fissures
Reporter: Gere, W., Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Naco Group Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Stronghold Granite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Fault N30 To 45w Brings Quartzite On The Sw Against Limestone On Ne. Bedding Plane Faults, Ne 25-45, And Minor Ne Fissures
yr_lst_prd: 1953
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM FILES.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 68.
  • Deposit:: USGS MR-22, P. 4.
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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