Arizona · Pima County
Producer
Arizona-Tonopah Mine
Pima County, Arizona, United States
Lead
Silver
Copper
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Silver, Copper
Secondary
Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
SPOTTY
Ore control
Chrysocolla, Malachite, And Oxidized Galena In Fracture Zone In Arkose
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Arkose,Rhyolite
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Alteration
Argillitic, Oxidized
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1925
Last production
1929
Identification
Deposit ID
10109817
MRDS ID
M800065
Alternate names
Beehive Mine
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
32.14679, -111.04819
References
ALLEN, M.A. 1920, NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 106ABGMT 189, P. 84KINNWON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT, U.A.M.S. THESIS