Mine detail: Defiance Mine

Previously called 'Part of Costello GroupSilver Bell'

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.74319, -109.82315
dep_id: 10027116
mrds_id: M002139
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Melaconite, Rosasite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
gangue: Aragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Oxidized
conc_proc: Replacement And Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Control By Faults And Fractures In Limestone, Also Along Dike Perpendicular To Bedding
Reporter: Gere, W., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Naco Group Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry;Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Copper Bell Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Limestone N30w, 40 To 50 Ne, Brecciated Fault Zones, N To Nnw Trending Gleeson Ridge Overthrust, Bedding Plane Faults
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1958
prod_yrs: 1900-1958
References:
  • Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 123, 1927, PL. I, P. 75-77.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.
  • Deposit:: BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUN* GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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