Mine detail: Allison Mine

Previously called 'Chance, El Oro, Old GoldSide Veins: Fourth of July, Roberts'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.8154, -111.63431

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silica
Secondary: Silver, Quartz, Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Argentite, Gold
Other material: Quartz
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1898

Geology

Host rock:Yellowstone Wash Formation
Host type:Conglomerate,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Allison Fault Zone - N30 W; 75-80 W
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Portions Of Vein Containing Abundant Manganese And Iron Oxides Have Richest Ore.

References

MRDSM050259
DEP10039550
Reference{Deposit:: WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137.}{Deposit:: WORCESTER, A.W., 1931, ALLISON MINE OF THE EL ORO MINING CO.: MINING JOURNAL, V. 15, NO. 3, P. 5-6.}{Deposit:: FAIR, C.L., 1965, GEOLOGY OF FRESNAL CANYON AREA: UNIV ARIZ. PH.D. - THESIS.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 107.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH,1974; 2ND AND 3RD NUMBERS FROM WILSON,1934.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.