The Monte Cristo Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,442 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: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.065, -112.58250
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Monte Cristo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: BANDS/LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N25e To N65e
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related(?)) Dikes Trend N10w To N40w And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES: 17.75 & 18 % CU, 29 & 44 OZ. AG/TON, $3.60 & $3.68 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chloanthite
Ore: Niccolite
Ore: Tennantite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM TO MAIN SHAFT ON MAP
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATEED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922 , PRIMARY NATIVE-SILVER ORES NEAR WICKENBURG, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 735 - E
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103 .
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