Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryAntimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlLensing Quartz-Fissure Vein Cutting Cretaceous Conglomerate And Sandy, Limy, And Silty Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Conglomerate,Limestone · Oro Blanco Formation;
StructureProminent Ne-Trending Mineralized-Zone Croppings Along Large Fault Plane
AlterationPy-Cp-Gossan
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1914
Last production1922
Identification
Deposit ID10039545
MRDS IDM050254
Alternate namesArizona Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.46374, -111.2418
References
KNIGHT, L.H. JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.WARREN AND LOOFBOUROW, 1932, MONTANA AND IDAHO MINES: ECON. GEOL., V. 27, NO. 6.FOWLER, G.M. 1951, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 158.CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.ABM BULL 191, P. 64.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR FILE DATA, ARIZONA GROUP.KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.