Mine detail: Orizaba Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.61982, -111.91239

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Formation
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite,Hornblendite
Structure:	50 Ft Wide Fracture Zone At Contact Of Quartzite & Sandstone Where Limestone Is Thrust Over Quartzite

References

MRDS	M030492
DEP	10037122
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.