Mine detail: Idaho Mine Group

Previously called 'Arizona Group'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.46374, -111.2418
dep_id: 10039545
mrds_id: M050254
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc, Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Pyrite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Py-Cp-Gossan
ore_ctrl: Lensing Quartz-Fissure Vein Cutting Cretaceous Conglomerate And Sandy, Limy, And Silty Sediments
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R.)
hrock_unit: Oro Blanco Formation;
hrock_type: Diorite,Conglomerate,Limestone
Structure: Prominent Ne-Trending Mineralized-Zone Croppings Along Large Fault Plane
Year first produced: 1914
yr_lst_prd: 1922
References:
  • 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.
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