Mine detail: Silver Strike Mine

Previously called 'Devonian GroupCawoodTennessee Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.18234, -109.49343

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Tungsten
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Portal Formation;Elpaso Formation;Bolsa Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Strike Slip Fault With Approximately 1000 Ft Displacement Is Mapped 1000 Ft W Of Mine By Sabins, Paleozoic Limestone With Quartz Monzonite Intrusives Nearby. Sediments Unconformably Overly Prec Pinal Schist. Intrusive Dikes Vertical, Ne Trend. 5-15 Ft Wide Limestone Beds Strike Wnw, Dip 65-70sw
Alteration processes:	Tactite Along Intrusive Contacts With Garnet, Epidote, And Augite. Limestone Altered To Tactite

References

MRDS	M800324
DEP	10048229
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTGATIONS 5650, P18-22}{Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 72}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: GEOL SOC AMER BULL, VOL 68, P. 1315}{Deposit:: DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.