Mine detail: Tres Amigos Mine

Previously called 'White Gold No. 3'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.41736, -111.25069

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1894-1904; 193 * (D1); 1932-1942 (D2)
First production started:	1894
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Cobre Ridge Tuff-Welded Tuff
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Tuff
Associated rock:	Cobre Ridge Tuff;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Block Faulting, Veins Sheared After Forming
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Iron Or Manganese Oxides.; Qtz-Ser-Pyr

References

MRDS	M050249
DEP	10039542
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON ETAL, 1934- ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137}{Deposit:: KNIGHT, L.H.JR. 1970 - ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.}{Deposit:: KEYES, C.R. 1923 - TRES AMIGOS GOLD VEINS: PAN. AM. GEOL. V. 39, P. 159-60}{Deposit:: YEEND, WARREN, 1973}{Deposit:: 5)KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P.68.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 191, P. 68}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KNIGHT, 1970; KEYES, 1923; ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Unknown