The Orejana Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.96917, -110.37250
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Orejana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orejana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Quartz
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faults Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Type: L
Description: Orejana Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 20, T5S, R20E.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED, BUT SOME ORE MAY HAVE BEEN MINED FROM A SMALL STOPE IN 1890-1900.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN BRECCIA ZONE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VOLCANICS CONSIST OF SILICIC FLOW BRECCIAS AND LIGHT PURPLE SILICIC TUFF AND PURPLE ANDESITES. VEIN MATERIAL IN FAULT ZONE IS SILICIFIED.
References
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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