Description
Early Spanish Explorers.
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Gold
TertiaryMercury, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENSING
Ore controlAlong Rhyolite-Sedimentary Contacts And Rhyolite Andesite Contacts. Veins Are Cut Off By Contact Of Sediments With Basal Andesite
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Freibergite, Galena, Mercury, Polybasite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Chlorite, Iron, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationHematite Stain & Drusy Quartz.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1856
Last production1937
Discovery year1750
Identification
Deposit ID10039562
MRDS IDM050286
Alternate namesHeintzelman, Silver Queen
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.66013, -111.27402
References
JONES, R.D., 1957, CERRO COLORADO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. M.S. THESIS.KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 114.HEYLMUN, E.B., 1987, CERRO COLORADO SILVER MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 56, NO. 11, P. 75-78.CIMRI( 1 ) KEITH, S. B., 1974 . ( 2 ) ELSING, 1936 , ABM BULL. 140 . HEYLMUN, 1987, P. 77.