44. Wulfenite: Glove Mine, Arizona
Display Case from 2008 Tucson Gem & Mienral Show
by Brandy Naugle
Glove Mine, Devil's Cash Box, Tyndall District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Gene Schlepp (Western Minerals) & Wendell Wilson (Mineralogical Record)
"Mineralization is sulfides and quartz deposited in permeable zones at the intersection
of a bedding plane fault and favorable beds in Permian Naco Group limestone.
Extensive solution of the limestone and deep oxidation concentrated secondary minerals
in the leached caverns as sand carbonate ore.
Workings include shaft and adit operations.
Worked at various times from about 1911 through 1972.
The group produced some 29,260 tons of ore averaging about
22% Pb, 9% Zn, 7 oz. Ag/T, 0.3% Cu, and minor Au." Mindat.org
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