Mine detail: Orizaba Mine

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Location: Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.61982, -111.91239
dep_id: 10037122
mrds_id: M030492
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
ore_ctrl: Red Cemented Sandstone Overlain By Shale & Limestone; 50 Ft Wide Fracture At Contact Of Camb Quartzite And Perm Sandstone
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Martin Formation
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite,Sandstone,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite,Hornblendite
Structure: 50 Ft Wide Fracture Zone At Contact Of Quartzite & Sandstone Where Limestone Is Thrust Over Quartzite
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1979
disc_yr: 1883
discr: John Kron
References:
  • Deposit:: BLACET & OTHERS, 1978, USGS MAP MF-934
  • Deposit:: HAMMER, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
  • Deposit:: HOGUE, 1940, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
  • Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ADMR ORIZABA MINE FILE
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: TENNEY, 1927-29.
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