Mine detail: Old Tiger Mine

Previously called 'California Gen. No. 70'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.19145, -112.34963

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1910
Last production ended:	1913

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Crown King Granodiorite;Rhyolite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Veins Parallel Regional Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks (N25e)
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M800053
DEP	10048077
Reference	{Deposit:: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 782, P. 164-165 AND FIGURE ON THOSE PAGES}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ. 150 PGS.}
Reporter	Dewitt, Ed H.