Mine detail: Eldorado Mine

Previously called 'El DoradoSecurity4th of July Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.05062, -112.26546

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1877

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Structureless
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M800058
DEP	10048080
Reference	{Deposit:: AZ DEPT OF MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 180.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: KORTEMEIER, C.P., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TIP TOP DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 468-472.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Dewitt, Ed H., Orris, Greta J.