Mine detail: Albert Lea Mine

Previously called 'Lea Tunnels'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.40925, -110.76375

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum
Ore:	Descloizite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host rock:	Troy Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Mineralization Terminated To W By A Steep Ne Striking Fault

References

MRDS	M003136
DEP	10027459
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1950, ABM BULL. 156, P. 105.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, 1962, USGS PP 342, P. 124.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PETERSON, 1962, P. 124; ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Fischer, Richard P.