Commodities
PrimaryLead
SecondarySilver, Copper, Gold
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlComplex Flux Mine Fault System; Ore Mainly Occurs In N-S Trending Shear Zone Or Lode; Lode Narrows With Depth
Materials
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockSandstone · Mount Wrightson Formation
StructureNorthward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic, Limestone, Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite (?) And Granitic Aplite; Rhyolite Volcanics Are Crushed, Altered, And Silicified
Tectonic settingAlum Gulch Fault Block; Complex Fault Systems Associated With Harshaw Creek Fault
AlterationSurface Oxidation To Depths Of 250 Ft; Pyrite Gossan At Surface
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsSPORADICALLY FROM 1890'S TO 1920
First production1910
Last production1920
Identification
Deposit ID10048350
MRDS IDM899937
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.49514, -110.7554
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.USBM FILES, CALIFORNIA MINE.BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721.SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261.KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57.ABGMT FILES, STANTON R. KEITH.ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY.SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762.KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 82-84.CIMRIKEITH, 1975