Mine detail: La Plata Mine

Previously called 'Black Ace'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.52458, -110.59345
dep_id: 10039564
mrds_id: M050295
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Copper, Lead
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Psilomelane
orebody_fm: SMALL STRINGERS AND POCKETS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Vein Along Fault Fissure Traversing Red Conglomerate
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)
hrock_type: Basalt
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, BULL. 582.
  • Deposit:: U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: U.S.B.M. REPORT FILE NO. 463.2/15033.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 82.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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