Mine detail: Cyclone Mine

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Location: Cochise County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.7768, -109.81565
dep_id: 10027117
mrds_id: M002145
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Limestone And Intrusive Body
Reporter: Gere, W.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e
Year first produced: 1942
yr_lst_prd: 1942
References:
  • Deposit:: ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 123, 1927, PL.I, P.68
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.
  • Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
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