The Irene Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,901 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.43639, -110.78639
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Irene Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irene Mine
Secondary: Liberty
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
Land Status
Not available
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
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1947
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Irene Fault And Vein Trends Ene, With Diabase Out Crop To N Of Fault. Dripping Springs Quartzite With Underlying Pioneer Formation Are S Of The Fault.
Type: L
Description: The Diabase Was Probably Intruded Along The Fault. Renewed Movement On The Fault After The Intrusion Of The Diabase Produced The Breccia Zone Along The Diabase Quartzite Contact Which Later Became The Channel Of Mineralizing Solutions. There Was Also Slight Displacement Along The Fault After Mineralization Took Place.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Oxidized Vein Matter Is A Soft, Porous Mass Consisting Largely Of Quartz, Chlorite, Quartzite Fragments, And Altered And Partly Replaced Diabase. Limonite And Powderly Masses Of Manganese Oxides Are Also Abundant Constituents.
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Comments
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE LIBERTY MINING CO,COMSTOCK EXTENSION MINING CO (TROJANOVICK, PRESIDENT), AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO (1945), GLOBE-MIAMI COPPER ZINC CO.(1953); CLAIMS INCLUDE TIPTOP, CONFIDENCE, KENTUCKY, COMMONER,COMSTOCK, EMPIRE, DEPENDER, ALICE, EUREKA
Comment (Workings): THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS WHICH GIVE ACCESS TO DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES, AND A WINZE.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ETERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 156 , P. 10 .
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 119 .
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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