Sinn Fein Mine

The Sinn Fein Mine is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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: Sinn Fein Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

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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