Curtin Or Humphrey Mine

The Curtin Or Humphrey Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Curtin Or Humphrey Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: 1200 Feet Of The Shaft Is The O'Carrol Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1951 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 158

Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 158 .

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