Mine detail: Defiance Mine

Previously called 'Part of Costello GroupSilver Bell'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.74319, -109.82315

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Calamine, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Melaconite, Rosasite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1900-1958
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Naco Group Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sugarloaf Quartz Latite Porphyry;Gleeson Quartz Monzonite;Copper Bell Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	Oxidized

References

MRDS	M002139
DEP	10027116
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.