The Gila Monster Mine is a lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Gila Monster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gila Monster Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Zone (See Comments)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS 10M APART
Comment (Deposit): VEIN SEEMS TO BE SHEARED -LOOKING WESTERN MARGIN OF LIMESTONE BLOCK (OUTCROP 20-30M DIAMETER), WHICH FORMS HANGINGWALL. WORKINGS ARE IN BRECCIATED ANDESITE WITH SOFT PALE GREENARGILLIC MATRIX. ONE ZONE LOOKS LIKE 2M. WIDE ZONE OF IRREGULAR STRINGERS AND PODS SPECULAR HEMATITE PLUS QUARTZ PLUS DARK GREEN CHLORITE WITH SCARCE SPHALERITE, CU SILICATE, AND GALENA. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R.P., 1974, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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