Mine detail: Choctaw Mine

Previously called 'NoonAndersonFickett'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.49402, -111.27013

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1893

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: D1- PRE 1900; D2-194*
First production started: 1893

Geology

Host rock:Oro Blanco Formation;Cobre Ridge Tuff
Host type:Tuff
Structure:Block Faulting., Mine Is On A Major Nw-Trending Fault; Quartz Veins In Region Trend Ne-Sw And E-W, Dipping 30n And 73se, Respectively
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM050242
DEP10039538
Reference{Deposit:: KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.}{Deposit:: YEEND, WARREN, 1973.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 191, P. 63.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KNIGHT, 1970; KEITH, 1975}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)