Mine detail: American Mine

Previously called 'American ShaftWar EagleLa Ventia'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.21484, -110.24873

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silica
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Specularite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1924

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Johnny Lyon Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Alteration, Pyrite Gossan

References

MRDS	M050668
DEP	10039694
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, S., 1973, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 187.}{Deposit:: COOPER & SILVER, 1964, DRAGOON QUAD: USGS PP. 416, P. 161.}{Deposit:: SILVER AND DEUTSCH, 1963, N.Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ANNALS, V. 91, P. 279-283.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1973.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Zigler, Jan L., Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.