Mine detail: Elevation Mine Group

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.52097, -110.72373
dep_id: 10048347
mrds_id: M899934
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
conc_proc: Mineralization Concentrated Along Shear Zone In Andesite And Rhyolite Porphyry
ore_ctrl: E-W Trending Vertical Fault Or Shear Zone
Reporter: Calder, Susan R.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics, Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain
tectonic: Red Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North
disc_yr: 1890
discr: Weatherwax
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 264-265
  • Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C, 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.22
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