Mine detail: El Tigre

Previously called 'Veins: TigreSeitz-KelleySooy'

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Location

Lat / long: 30.46824, -109.05618

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Kaolin, Quartz
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Latite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Latite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Argillic, Silicic

References

MRDSMX00394
DEP10049150
Reference{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.}{Deposit:: BUCHANAN, L.J., 1981, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN DICKINSON, W.R., AND PAYNE, W.D., (EDS.), 1981, RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262.}{Deposit:: MISCHLER, R.T., AND BUDROW, L.R., 1925, METHODS OF MINING AND ORE ESTIMATION AT THE LUCKY TIGER MINE: A.I.M.E. TRANS. V. 72, P. 468-484.}{Deposit:: SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 395.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.}{Deposit:: MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.}{Production:: SKINNER AND PLATE, 1915; BUCHANAN, 1981; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 4).}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)