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Silver Lake Mine, Kohatk Wash, Sif Vaya area, Vekol District, Vekol Mts, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Latitude: 32°33'21"N
Longitude: 112°7'10"W
A former Zn-Pb-Au-Cu mine located in sec. 14, T10S, R2E, about 5 miles S of Sif Vaya, along Kohark Wash. Produced during the period 1949-1950.

Mineralization is hosted in limestone. The limestone is cut by faults. Ore mineralization is confined to weak fault zones. Ore reserves are very small.

Production was 12 tons of ore.

References

U.S. Bureau of Mines card file.

USGS Vekol Mountains Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10026736; MRDS ID #M000014; and Dep. ID #10259499, MAS ID 0040210761.

Mineral List

Smithsonite


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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