Mine detail: El Tigre Mine

Previously called 'Tiger'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.74339, -113.19104

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Little Horn Peak Fault, Flat Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Sericitic; Wall Rocks Have Spotty, Moderately Intense Alteration

References

MRDS	M003458
DEP	10027591
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 137, P. 163.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: WILSON, ET. AL., 1934; ALLEN, 1985, P. 13}
Reporter	Gere, W., Bolm, Karen S.