Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Silver, Gold
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryMolybdenum, Rhenium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSING
Ore controlAltered Andesite, Brecciated Fissure Veins In Gently Dipping Andesites
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Galena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Dolomite, Molybdenite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNe Vertical Fault Displacing Little Mary And Chicago Veins; Nw Fau Lt (Dip 40 Ne) Displacing Little Mary Vein
AlterationOxidation And Leaching Of Wall Rock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Last production1970
Identification
Deposit ID10039670
MRDS IDM050622
Alternate namesLittle Mary Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.01623, -111.91321
References
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 111.WILLIAMS, 1962, PHD THESIS UNIV OF ARIZONA, 145 P.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137.CIMRIKEITH, 1974.