Mine detail: White Tail Mine

Previously called 'Grant Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.8793, -109.98344

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Galena, Hematite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1965

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives, East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets, Steep Dipping To Overturned Cretaceous Beds
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Silicification

References

MRDS	M800322
DEP	10109856
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.