Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFootwall And Hanging Wall Of The Dike, Quartz Seams
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite · Josephine Canyon Diorite
StructureVertical Or Steeply Southward Dipping Quartz Veins In Diorite And Granite Porphyry, Hanging Wall And Footwall Of Dike Are Composed Of Granite Porphyry On Upper Levels Of Mine And Diorite On Lower Levels
Tectonic settingSalero Fault Block
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Depths Of 100 Ft.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1922
Last production1950
Identification
Deposit ID10046333
MRDS IDM241270
Alternate namesJefferson Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.59846, -110.8579
References
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATAUSBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #109, JEFFERSON MINEABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, JEFFERSON GROUP OF CLAIMSADMR FILE DATA, JEFFERSON MINEARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 86ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHUSGS BULL 582, P. 209USGS MAP I-614USGS PP 748, P. 9-11