The Seventy - Six Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.05333, -112.25528
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Seventy - Six Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seventy - Six Mine
Secondary: Seventy - Six Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tip Top District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: La Bajada Eng. And Equip. Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Granite Trends N 40 E To N 50 E
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Rhyolite Dikes And Regional Foliation
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): FROM 1936 THROUGH 1940 THE SEVENTY SIX MINE PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 300 TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE AVERAGING 0.15 % CU, 2.50 % PB, 313.50 OZ/TON AG, AND 0.10 OZ/TON AU. GOLD VALUES MAY BE TOO HIGH.
Comment (Location): 0.75 MILES WEST OF TIP TOP MINE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO RHYOLITE DIKES.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO RHYOLITE DIKES, BOTH OF WHICH CUT PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZ MONZONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 182.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM I.C. 8078, P. 28-30.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 148, P. 23-24.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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