Mine detail: Oro Fino Mine

Previously called 'Noon Mine'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.40764, -111.25152
dep_id: 10039555
mrds_id: M050273
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LENSING
alteration: Minor
conc_proc: Supergene Enrichment, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins In Fault Zone
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R)
hrock_unit: Oro Blanco Formation
hrock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone
arock_unit: Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite;
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Nw- And Ne-Trending Fault Zones, Nw Quartz Dike; Dip Zone
tectonic: Oro Blanco Fault Block
Year first produced: 1912
yr_lst_prd: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: KNIGHT, L.H., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
  • Deposit:: YEEND, WARREN, 1973.
  • Deposit:: ABM BULL 191, P. 68.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ABM FILE DATA
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