The Sinn Fein Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 35.97806, -110.34000
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Sinn Fein Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sinn Fein Mine
Secondary: Sin Fin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Balboa Mining And Dev. Co.
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne
Type: L
Description: Head Center Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Ore
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050096 WITH RECORD M030462 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS, WINZES, INCLINES, SMALL STOPES
Comment (Development): THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE WORKINGS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT APART: OLD SIN N FEIN & NEW SINN FEIN. MINERALIZATION IS SIMILAR IN BOTH
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173P
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120P
Reference (Deposit): DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964; ABM FILE DATA
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