Mine detail: Sinn Fein Mine

Previously called 'Sin Fin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.97809, -110.3407

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Limestone;Horse Mountain Formation
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Limestone,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Horse Mountain Volcanics
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne, Head Center Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Ore

References

MRDS	M050096
DEP	10039450
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173P}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120P}{Deposit:: DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156}{Production:: SIMONS, 1964; ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S.