Mine detail: Sheep Tanks Mine

Previously called 'Resolution Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.37368, -113.75605

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Beryllium
Ore: Chrysocolla, Gold, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Silver
Gangue: Galena, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR MASSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:See Comments

References

MRDSM002463
DEP10027204
Reference{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 82.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 132.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 143.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL REPORT 2, P. 70.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 133; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 144; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)