Mine detail: Verde Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.86513, -110.63234

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Zinc
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897
Last production ended:	1928

Geology

Host rock:	Concha Limestone, Scherrer Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Nnw Faults
Alteration processes:	Minor Silicification

References

MRDS	M050401
DEP	10039598
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582}{Deposit:: FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.