Mine detail: Ventura Mine Group

Previously called 'Georgia MinesGeorge Morris MineMorris Group'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.45764, -110.7654
dep_id: 10037098
mrds_id: M030395
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Manganese, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
other_matl: Psilomelane
orebody_fm: LENSES, IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification, Oxidation, Sericite-Quartz-Tourmaline
ore_ctrl: Breccia, Fissures And Joints
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Calder, Susan R.
hrock_unit: Mt. Wrightson Formation
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: Comoro Canyon Granite
arock_type: Hornblendite
Structure: Believed To Be Sw Extension Of Three R Mine Ne-Trending Fracture System, Breccia Pipe
tectonic: Nnw-Trending Patagonia Baolith
Year first produced: 1913
yr_lst_prd: 1950
References:
  • Deposit:: KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
  • Deposit:: MOGER, 1969, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, VENTURA MINE.
  • Deposit:: USBM FILES VENTURA MINE GROUP.
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, VENTURA MINES INC, MORRIS MINE, GEORGE MORRIS MINE.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MOGER, 1969, P.3
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