The Snyder Hill Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Snyder Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snyder Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1922
Material type: ORE PB AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5% Pb, 30 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.01 Oz Au/Ton.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1922
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SECTION 3 .
Comment (Development): OPERAOTRS INCLUDED R.W. SCHARF
Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS WITHIN 150M TO N AND NE OF MAIN VEIN (E SIDE OF SNYDER HILL) ARE SMALL SHOWS OF VEIN MATERIAL - THESE ARE SMALL VEINS APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL AND SUBSIDIARY TO THE MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 6 SHAFTS, 1 ADIT (N END OF VEIN), SEVERAL PITS WITHIN 150M TO N.
Comment (Geology): CALCITE VEINS AND FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ OCCUR IN ORE ZONE.
Comment (Commodity): ONLY A LITTLE GALENA SEEN.
References
Reference (Deposit): KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST: U.A. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P. 1974, FIELD EXAM.
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