Mine detail: Lime Cap Group

Previously called 'Snyder Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1726, -109.37926

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
Ore:	Anglesite, Calamine, Galena, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Orebody form:	FLAT TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1940
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Modoc Limestone Formation;Morenci Shale Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	Deposit Is Replacement Of Dolomitic Limestone Bed

References

MRDS	M800159
DEP	10048129
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.