Mine detail: Four Metals Mine

Previously called 'Hillside ClaimsGuajolote LodeRed Hill CrosscutPhoenix ClaimsRed Mountain MineFriscoGroup'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.39847, -110.73789

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, STRINGERS, LENSES, SEAMS
Discovery year:	1861

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposit Occurs In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite, Sheeted, Shattered, Crushed Granodiorite; Fault Shear Zone 1200 Ft Wide
Tectonic:	Guajolote Block; Inferred Guajolote Fault Lies To E Of Deposit And Trends Nw; Downthrow To E
Alteration processes:	Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic

References

MRDS	M030400
DEP	10037102
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.}{Deposit:: BAKER, 1962, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: GRAYBEAL, 1972, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, FOUR METALS MINE.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE.}{Reserve-Resource:: GRAYBEAL, 1972, P. 40}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.