Orizaba Mine

The Orizaba Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Orizaba Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.61972, -111.91167

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Orizaba Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Orizaba Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1978
Time Period: 1923-1978
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz/T Ag


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: 50 Ft Wide Fracture Zone At Contact Of Quartzite & Sandstone Where Limestone Is Thrust Over Quartzite


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Workings): DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK AND MILL ERECTED IN 1915; SHALLOW PITS, STOPES, AND OPEN CUTS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS. OLD PIT L-SHAPED. SW WINZE, 150 BY 75 BY 75 FT DEEP. OTHER WINZE 35 FT DEEP, 75 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE DIPS NE, STRIKES NW. SOUTH CONTACT IS AGAINST ALTERED LI MESTONE AND SHALE TO NE; QUARTZITE IS OVERLAIN BY SHALE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030492 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE CLAIM IN 1960'S.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1883-4


References

Reference (Deposit): BLACET & OTHERS, 1978, USGS MAP MF-934

Reference (Deposit): HAMMER, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

Reference (Deposit): HOGUE, 1940, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR ORIZABA MINE FILE

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TENNEY, 1927-29.


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