Mine detail: Buffalo Group

Previously called 'Golden RoseWieland Group ClaimsLead QueenJefferson GroupMono Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.48375, -110.71984

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Galena, Pyrite, Specularite, Stephanite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1898
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Porphyritic To Fine-Grained, Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows, Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins Cutting Thick-Bedding Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain
Tectonic:	Red Mountain And Corral Canyon Fault Blocks
Alteration processes:	Andesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material

References

MRDS	M899939
DEP	10048352
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; GOLDEN ROSE GROUP, MONO MINE}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 276-277}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:4800O)}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E}{Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, MONO MINE}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.