Relation between silver content and tetrahedrite in the ores of the North Cananea Mining County, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico

Creators: Warren, Harry V.

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This paper is one of a series that deals with the occurrence and distribution of the precious metals in the ores of some important base metal mines in western North America. The mine of the North Cananea Mining. Company is situated about four miles north of the town of Cananea, Sonora, which is about twenty-five miles south of the International Boundary, and is connected by railroad with Naco and Nogales, Ariz., and by motor road with Naco and Bisbee.

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© 1932 Society of Economic Geologists. The main part of this work was done at the Balch Graduate School of the Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology, under the auspices of the Commonwealth Fund Foundation of New York. All the analytical work was done through the courtesy of the Eagle-Pitcher Lead Company by Mr. F. E. Gregory at Ruby, Arizona. I wish to express my thanks to the North Cananea Mining Company and especially to Mr. C. W. Gabrielson, Mr. F. L. Harrington, and Mr. John A. Campbell who, together with their staff, cooperated whole-heartedly in the securing of the necessary specimens. I also wish to thank Dr. F. L. Ransome and Mr. R. Engel of the California Institute of Technology for their invaluable help, advice, and criticism in the preparation of this paper.

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Relation between silver content and tetrahedrite in the ores of the North Cananea Mining County, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico

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