Mine detail: Alto Vein Swarm

Previously called 'Gold Tree MineEl Plomo MineB & RLong ContactMineralAlbertAltoExcelsiorHillside'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

31.61152, -110.86179

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Uranium
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Uraninite
Discovery year:	1687

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1687
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Arkose,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite
Associated rock:	Salero Formation;Josephine Canyon Diorite;Squaw Peak Granite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	E-W & Ne Trending Quartz Fissure Veins Along Contacts & Fault Zones In Diorite And Granite Porphyry, Veins Generally Well Defined, Carrying Ore Shoots In Which Ore Occ Urs In Lenses & Stringers
Tectonic:	Salero Fault Block
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization In Fault Gouge

References

MRDS	M030411
DEP	10037106
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.}{Deposit:: DREWS, 1973, USGS BULL 1365.}{Deposit:: DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.}{Deposit:: DREWES, 1972, USGS PROF PAPER 746.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, ALTO MINE GROUP.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, ALTO MINE, BACA FLOAT.}{Deposit:: ABGMT, FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM P. 315-316.}{Deposit:: USAEC PRELIM RECON REPT, 1955, A-P-360 & 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 668.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1975, P.83}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.