The Tres Metals Mine is a lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,451 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,451 Feet (747 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.22194, -112.26889
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Tres Metals Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tres Metals Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Brownell District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Keith Knight
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MILS LOCATION, MINE SHOWN ON MAP
Comment (Commodity): NEARBY BLACK PRINCE MINE CONTAINS GALENA, MALACHITE, AZURITE, SILVER.
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT DESCRIBED IN ABGMT 189, DESCRIPTION OF AREA IS FROM THAT OF BLACK PRINCE MINE, M030536
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 156
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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