Mine detail: Geronimo Prospect

Previously called 'Geronimo North and South Mines'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.11618, -114.61357
dep_id: 10027202
mrds_id: M002459
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc
Trace mineral: Iron, Molybdenum, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Iron, Silver, Smithsonite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
gangue: Cerussite, Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR LENSING
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Bedded Rhyolite Tuffs And Andesite Flows Are Faulted Against Granite
ore_ctrl: Two Veins Occur Within The Fault Zone
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 64.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERITIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 176.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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