The Orizaba Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Orizaba Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orizaba Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1923-1978
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: 50 Ft Wide Fracture Zone At Contact Of Quartzite & Sandstone Where Limestone Is Thrust Over Quartzite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK AND MILL ERECTED IN 1915; SHALLOW PITS, STOPES, AND OPEN CUTS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS. OLD PIT L-SHAPED. SW WINZE, 150 BY 75 BY 75 FT DEEP. OTHER WINZE 35 FT DEEP, 75 FT LONG.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE DIPS NE, STRIKES NW. SOUTH CONTACT IS AGAINST ALTERED LI MESTONE AND SHALE TO NE; QUARTZITE IS OVERLAIN BY SHALE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030492 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE CLAIM IN 1960'S.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1883-4
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACET & OTHERS, 1978, USGS MAP MF-934
Reference (Deposit): HAMMER, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): HOGUE, 1940, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ORIZABA MINE FILE
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TENNEY, 1927-29.
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