Description
John Dilden, A Cowboy
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryMolybdenum, Copper, Gold
TertiaryVanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlReplacement In Fractured Limestone Above Quartzites
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Concha Limestone, Rain Valley Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
StructureAndrade Fault-Strike Nw, Dip 85ne; Ew Or Ne Faults & Fissures
AlterationMost Ore Is Oxidized, Limestone Is Altered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10103752
MRDS IDM050396
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.89569, -110.59261
References
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189.FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.HEYLMUN, E.B., 1989, TOTAL WRECK SILVER MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 4, P. 17-22.PETAR, A., 1932, MOLYBDENUM: USBM EC. PAPER 15.CIMRI