Description
Jesuit Priests Of Tumacacori Mission
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Uranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlTension Fractures; 6 E-W Trending Quartz Fissure Veins Mainly In La Tite & Granite Porphyry
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Arkose,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Granite
Associated rockDiorite,Granite · Salero Formation;Josephine Canyon Diorite;Squaw Peak Granite
StructureE-W & Ne Trending Quartz Fissure Veins Along Contacts & Fault Zones In Diorite And Granite Porphyry, Veins Generally Well Defined, Carrying Ore Shoots In Which Ore Occ Urs In Lenses & Stringers
Tectonic settingSalero Fault Block
AlterationKaolinization In Fault Gouge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1687
Last production1959
Discovery year1687
Identification
Deposit ID10037106
MRDS IDM030411
Alternate namesHillside, Gold Tree Mine, El Plomo Mine, B & R, Long Contact, Mineral, Albert, Alto, Excelsior
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates31.61152, -110.86179
References
KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.DREWS, 1973, USGS BULL 1365.DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.DREWES, 1972, USGS PROF PAPER 746.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.USBM FILES, ALTO MINE GROUP.ADMR FILE DATA, ALTO MINE, BACA FLOAT.ABGMT, FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM P. 315-316.USAEC PRELIM RECON REPT, 1955, A-P-360 & 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 668.CIMRIKEITH, 1975, P.83