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Buena Vista Mine | |
Alternate NamesGoodview. CompanyMaloney, Black Mountain Mg. Co., Banco del Oro Mg., Goodview Mg. & Mllg. Co., Kino Copper Co., Coronado Mines Inc., Graybill & Jarnagin, Dunham & Nanez, Jarnagin & Bopp. Mining District and MinesPatagonia District Location? Mineral ProductsCu, Ag, Au-, Pb-, Mo-.5 Type of OperationExtensive tunnel operations. Located in the late 1800's and mined intermittently through 1958. Produced some 850 tons of ore averaging about 3% Cu, 1 oz. Ag/T, and minor Au and Pb.5 GeologySeries of narrow, irregular quartz-calcite veins, associated with bands of crushed mineralized rock, containing pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and minor molybdenite. Fault or shear zone cutting Laramide grandorite. Minor oxidation with some covellite and galena showing at the surface.5 References
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