Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model106: Epithermal vein, Creede
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Kaolin, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Latite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Latite,Andesite
AlterationPropylitic, Argillic, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10049150
MRDS IDMX00394
Alternate namesVeins: Tigre, Seitz-Kelley, Sooy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.46824, -109.05618
References
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.BUCHANAN, L.J., 1981, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN DICKINSON, W.R., AND PAYNE, W.D., (EDS.), 1981, RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262.MISCHLER, R.T., AND BUDROW, L.R., 1925, METHODS OF MINING AND ORE ESTIMATION AT THE LUCKY TIGER MINE: A.I.M.E. TRANS. V. 72, P. 468-484.SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 395.COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.SKINNER AND PLATE, 1915; BUCHANAN, 1981; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 4).