Arizona · Gila County
Past Producer

Seventy-Nine Property

Gila County, Arizona, United States
LeadZincCopperSilverAntimonyGoldIronMolybdenumVanadium
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryAntimony, Gold, Iron, Molybdenum, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAnglesite, Azurite, Brochantite, Cerussite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Manganite, Melanterite, Molybdenite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1920
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10161288
MRDS IDD000093
Alternate namesMchur Prospect, 79 Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.06509, -110.81459
References
USGS HAYDEN QUADTENNEY J B SECOND REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AZAZBM BULL 129 1930 P 75LAPIDARY JOURNAL SEPT 1980 P 1278ADMR 79 MINE FILEUSAEC PRELIM RECONNAISSANCE 172-480 GILA COUNTY 1953 P 163ROSS C P ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MTN AND BANNER MININGDISTRICTS USGS BULL 771 1925 P 66 AND 68AZBM BULL 158 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS 1951 P 72-81HICKS C J MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN AZ 1979 P 16 ADMR PUB.KIERSCH G A SEVENTY-NINE MINE THESIS U OF AZ 1947