Mine detail: New York Mine

Previously called 'Poole GroupOhio Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.38181, -110.69456

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1878

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1921
Last production ended: 1954

Geology

Host rock:Concha Limestone;Scherrer Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Limestone
Structure:Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, Deposits Near A Dike-Like Intrusion Of Tertiary Biotite-Hornblende Granodiorite
Tectonic:Washington Camp Fault Block
Alteration processes:Silicified And Pyrometasomatized Limestone

References

MRDSM241348
DEP10046341
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, NEW YORK MINE}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 582, P. 342}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, KANSAS MINE}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: USGS MAP I-762}{Deposit:: LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, NEW YORK MINE}{Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727}
ReporterCalder, Susan R.