Lime Cap Group

Greenlee County, Arizona, United States

ZincLeadVanadiumMolybdenumGoldSilverCopperManganese

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Description

Manuel Calderon

Commodities

PrimaryZinc, Lead

TertiaryVanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formFLAT TABULAR

Ore controlVertical Fault; Associated Fractures And Fracture Intersections; Contact Of Morenci Shales And Modoc Limestone

Materials

Ore mineralsAnglesite, Calamine, Galena, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Modoc Limestone Formation;Morenci Shale Formation

Associated rockRhyolite

StructureMinor Faulting With Little Vertical Displacement; Significant Horizontal Movement Along Bedding Planes, Minor Faulting Cutting Limestone And Shale Beds

Tectonic settingPrecipitous Gully Terrain; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces

AlterationDeposit Is Replacement Of Dolomitic Limestone Bed

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1940

Last production1941

Discovery year1916

Identification

Deposit ID10048129

MRDS IDM800159

Alternate namesSnyder Group

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates33.1726, -109.37926

References

ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA