Mine detail: El Tigre Mine

Previously called 'Tiger'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.74339, -113.19104
dep_id: 10027591
mrds_id: M003458
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz, Specularite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitic; Wall Rocks Have Spotty, Moderately Intense Alteration
ore_ctrl: Flat Fault Zone
Reporter: Gere, W., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Pegmatite
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure: Little Horn Peak Fault, Flat Fault Zone
disc_yr: 1914
discr: Sisson Brothers
References:
  • 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
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