Mine detail: Total Wreck Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.89569, -110.59261

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Manganese
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1879

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Concha Limestone, Rain Valley Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Andrade Fault-Strike Nw, Dip 85ne; Ew Or Ne Faults & Fissures
Alteration processes:	Most Ore Is Oxidized, Limestone Is Altered

References

MRDS	M050396
DEP	10103752
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189.}{Deposit:: FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: HEYLMUN, E.B., 1989, TOTAL WRECK SILVER MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 4, P. 17-22.}{Deposit:: PETAR, A., 1932, MOLYBDENUM: USBM EC. PAPER 15.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.