Mine detail: Roadside Mine

Previously called 'St. Francis'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.04512, -111.51181

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Copper, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	STREAKS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Andesite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Alteration processes:	Strongly Altered, Kaolinized Volcanics And Sediments.

References

MRDS	M050591
DEP	10039656
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 11 .}{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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.