Mine detail: Big Mine

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Location: Pinal County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.6251, -111.06875
dep_id: 10039657
mrds_id: M050594
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Illite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Propylitic Alteration, Sericitic, Veins Oxidized, Illite
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Pinal Schist
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Fault Trending N35w, Dip 65s
References:
  • Deposit:: BARTER, C.F., 1962, GEOLOGY OF OWL HEAD MINING DISTRICT: UA MS THESIS.
  • Deposit:: BANKS, N.G., FIELD EXAM, 1976.
  • Deposit:: MOORE, R.T., AND VARGA, R.J., 1976, MAPS SHOWING NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-845-J, SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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