Mine detail: Wildflower Mine

Previously called 'Sabronje ShootSabronje DriftAnaconda Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.22922, -112.35574

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Tower Mountain Metagabbro (Informal Name)
Host type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Foliation Trends N25e, Veins Parallel Regional Foliation
Alteration processes:	Sericitization

References

MRDS	M004297
DEP	10102573
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 782, P. 167.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 101 .}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.