Mine detail: Sinn Fein Mine

Previously called 'Sin Fin Mine'

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Location: Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.97809, -110.3407
dep_id: 10039450
mrds_id: M050096
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
gangue: Fluorite, Quartz, Specularite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation Of Ore
conc_proc: Fissure Filling
ore_ctrl: Fault Between Limestone And Volcanics
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Escabrosa Limestone;Horse Mountain Formation
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Limestone,Felsic Volcanic Rock
arock_unit: Horse Mountain Volcanics
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne, Head Center Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • 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
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