Mine detail: Lime Cap Group

Previously called 'Snyder Group'

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Location: Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.1726, -109.37926
dep_id: 10048129
mrds_id: M800159
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral: Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
orebody_fm: FLAT TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Deposit Is Replacement Of Dolomitic Limestone Bed
conc_proc: Secondary Enrichment Concentrations Along Bedding Planes Of Limestone
ore_ctrl: Vertical Fault; Associated Fractures And Fracture Intersections; Contact Of Morenci Shales And Modoc Limestone
Reporter: Calder, Susan R.
hrock_unit: Modoc Limestone Formation;Morenci Shale Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Minor Faulting With Little Vertical Displacement; Significant Horizontal Movement Along Bedding Planes, Minor Faulting Cutting Limestone And Shale Beds
tectonic: Precipitous Gully Terrain; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Year first produced: 1940
yr_lst_prd: 1941
disc_yr: 1916
discr: Manuel Calderon
References:
  • Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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