Mine detail: Irene Mine

Previously called 'Liberty'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.43647, -110.78708

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1913
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Irene Fault And Vein Trends Ene, With Diabase Out Crop To N Of Fault. Dripping Springs Quartzite With Underlying Pioneer Formation Are S Of The Fault., The Diabase Was Probably Intruded Along The Fault. Renewed Movement On The Fault After The Intrusion Of The Diabase Produced The Breccia Zone Along The Diabase Quartzite Contact Which Later Became The Channel Of Mineralizing Solutions. There Was Also Slight Displacement Along The Fault After Mineralization Took Place.
Alteration processes:	The Oxidized Vein Matter Is A Soft, Porous Mass Consisting Largely Of Quartz, Chlorite, Quartzite Fragments, And Altered And Partly Replaced Diabase. Limonite And Powderly Masses Of Manganese Oxides Are Also Abundant Constituents.

References

MRDS	M003151
DEP	10027465
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. P., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 156 , P. 10 .}{Deposit:: PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 119 .}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)