Description
Allen Brothers And Partners
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNe-Trending Zone Of Irregular Mineralization In Garnetiferous Crystalline Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Concha Limestone;Scherrer Formation
Associated rockLimestone
StructureMineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt, Deposits Near A Dike-Like Intrusion Of Tertiary Biotite-Hornblende Granodiorite
Tectonic settingWashington Camp Fault Block
AlterationSilicified And Pyrometasomatized Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1921
Last production1954
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10046341
MRDS IDM241348
Alternate namesPoole Group, Ohio Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.38181, -110.69456
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, NEW YORK MINEUSGS BULL 582, P. 342ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79ADMR FILE DATA, KANSAS MINEABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHUSGS MAP I-762LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, NEW YORK MINETENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727