Description
Indians And Mexicans
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPOCKETS
Ore controlNw-Trending Vein Systems In Fractured Mass Of Intrusive Diabase
Materials
Ore mineralsAlabandite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockDiorite,Trachyandesite · Josephine Canyon Diorite
StructureRhyolite Similar To That Of Red Mountain, Vein And Ore Are Banded, Porous, And Drusy; Ore Zoneis Narrow And Pinches Out In Places
Tectonic settingMeadow Valley Trachyandesite Flow; Thick Lava Flows Of Harshaw-Trench Camp Area
AlterationPyrite Gossan
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1893
Last production1965
Discovery year1855
Identification
Deposit ID10048334
MRDS IDM899918
Alternate namesJosephine Mines, Lunch Cans Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.46542, -110.72956
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, TRENCH MINESCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 253-254KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,P. 88-90.ADMR FILES, TRENCH MILLABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, TRENCH MINESIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHSIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 21-22