The Elzo #4 Mine is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Elzo #4 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elzo #4 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amado District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elzo Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1940
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: Surface Enrichment By Oxidation, Weathering
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECT IN CENTER OF NW CORNER SECTION 8 ASSUMED, MILS LOCATION
Comment (Development): 2 YEARS PRODUCTION ONLY, 1935, 1940
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. AMADO AREA DESCRIPTION USED, AND BACKBONE MINE, M050510.
Comment (Commodity): NEARBY BACKBONE MINE CONTAINS AURIFEROUS GALENA, ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 103-104
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