Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Gold
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS
Ore controlComplex Fault System; Ore Mainly Occurs In N-S Trending Shear Zone Or Lode (The Flux Lode); Lode Narrows With Depth
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockQuartzite · Mt. Wrightson Formation
StructureNw Trending Harshaw Creek Fault (N30w); General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40nnw; Jurassic-Triassic Volcanics Contain Isolated Blocks Of Late Paleozoic Limestone With Some Associated Conglomerate And Shale, E-W Trending Aplite Dike Intruding Volcanic Country Rock
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch Fault Block; Complex Fault Systems Associated With Harshaw Creek Fault
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Depths Of 250 Ft; Pyrite Gossan At Surface; Chloritic, Silicic, And Propylitic Wall Rock Alteration; Limestone Is Highly Crystalline, Crus Hed, Brecciated And Altered
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1884
Last production1963
Discovery year1855
Identification
Deposit ID10048344
MRDS IDM899931
Alternate namesGoshen Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.48847, -110.75485
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, FLUX MINESCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 258-263SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-EMOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAKEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 58ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, FLUX MINEARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, FLUX MINEKARTCHNER, WAYNE E. 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P.82-84TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929 HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 309-310