Arizona · Greenlee County
Past Producer

Stargo Mines

Greenlee County, Arizona, United States
GoldSilverLeadCopper
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Description

Ignacio Campbell

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formNORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXPANSIONS
Ore controlN-S Trending Fissure Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsSilver
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Longfellow Limestone
Associated rockQuartzite · Coronado Quartzite
StructureN-S Trending Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting, Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Tectonic settingPrecipitous Gully Terrain; Transition Zone Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
AlterationMinor
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1908
Last production1935
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10048131
MRDS IDM800163
Alternate namesCraig, Nevada, Stargo Extension, Stargo Silver Belt, Silver Mohawk, Capote, Silverlead Mine, Silver King Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.0501, -109.36009
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATABLM DISTRICT MAPS 842 AND 841WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, AUGUST 1920WEED, W.H., 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVI, PAGES 454 TO 455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO