The Defiance Mine Apache Mine is a vanadium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Defiance Mine Apache Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Defiance Mine Apache Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO DATA ON PB, AU, AG RESOURCES; V RESOURCES PROBABLY NIL.
Comment (Production): 20 ST ORE CONTAINING 14% V2O5 SHIPPED, 1930 (PETERSON, 1950) OBVIOUSLY HAND-PICKED ORE; NO INFORMATION ON WHERE SHIPPED OR V RECOVERY
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 15
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