Mine detail: Buzzard Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.40866, -112.47769
dep_id: 10027534
mrds_id: M003269
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
work_type: Underground
alteration: None
conc_proc: Oxidation At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_type: Amphibolite,Rhyolite
arock_type: Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Structure: Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10w To N20w, Dikes And Veins Parallel Foliation
Year first produced: 1919
yr_lst_prd: 1946
References:
  • 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
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