Mine detail: Ethiopia Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.62282, -113.19383

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Uranium, Thorium
Ore: Galena, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1941
Last production ended: 1947

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Lawler Peak Granite;Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Structure:Foliation In Schist Trends N-S To N20w; Major N-S Trending Faults), Veins Parallel Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Dikes Or Faults
Alteration processes:None

References

MRDSM800183
DEP10048141
Reference{Deposit:: U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-99 (1953)}{Deposit:: U.S.-A.E.C. PRR-AP-172-490, (1954) P. 48}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S. PP 278 GEOLOGIC MAP}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}
ReporterLaraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)