Mine detail: Texas Arizona Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.07512, -110.01149

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Linarite, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Rosasite, Willemite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Formation Devonian Dolomite With Some Shale And Sandstone.;Escabrosa Limestone
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N And Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne., Faults Trending East, Northeast, Northwest.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Ore To Deepest Levels.

References

MRDS	M050019
DEP	10039392
Reference	{Deposit:: COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416}{Deposit:: MINING REPORTER, VOL. 56, 1907.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.