Mine detail: Buzzard Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.40866, -112.47769

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1919
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host type:	Amphibolite,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10w To N20w, Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M003269
DEP	10027534
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 118}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE (DOS ORIS FILE)}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , P. 118}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)