Mine detail: Idaho Mine Group

Previously called 'Arizona Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.46374, -111.2418

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1914
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Oro Blanco Formation;
Host type:	Diorite,Conglomerate,Limestone
Structure:	Prominent Ne-Trending Mineralized-Zone Croppings Along Large Fault Plane
Alteration processes:	Py-Cp-Gossan

References

MRDS	M050254
DEP	10039545
Reference	{Deposit:: KNIGHT, L.H. JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.}{Deposit:: WARREN AND LOOFBOUROW, 1932, MONTANA AND IDAHO MINES: ECON. GEOL., V. 27, NO. 6.}{Deposit:: FOWLER, G.M. 1951, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 158.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 191, P. 64.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, ARIZONA GROUP.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R.)