The El Tigre Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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El Tigre Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Tigre Mine
Secondary: Tiger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn, Aguila Districts Districts
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
Owner Name: Dr. J H Patterson
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Little Horn Peak Fault
Type: L
Description: Flat Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic; Wall Rocks Have Spotty, Moderately Intense Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS. 2 QUARTZ LENSES. ATTITUDE IS APPROXIMATELY N35E 30NW. A N45W-STRIKING SW-DIPPING LOW-TO-MODERATE ANGLE FAULT CUTS THE VEINS AT THE WEST END. A SIMILAR NORMAL FAULT IS INFERRED TO CUT THE VEINS ON THE NE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN TAILINGS BEING WORKED IN 1939, MOST OF WORK DONE 1918-1924. THE MINE IS THE PREMIER GOLD PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 80% OF THE DISTRICT'S PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS. THREE INCLINED SHAFTS WERE SUNK, CUTTING 2 SEPARATE VEINS.
Comment (Geology): ORE CONSISTS OF SHINY QUARTZ, IN A NEARLY FLAT FAULT ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 137, P. 163.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): WILSON, ET. AL., 1934; ALLEN, 1985, P. 13
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