Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Producer

Buffalo Group

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
SilverLeadGoldCopperZinc
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Description

Sullivan And Powers

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore control2 E-W Trending Veins About 600 Ft Apart
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Galena, Pyrite, Specularite, Stephanite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructurePorphyritic To Fine-Grained, Thin To Very Thick Trachyandesite Flows, Nw- And Ne-Trending Fissure Veins Cutting Thick-Bedding Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Of Red Mountain
Tectonic settingRed Mountain And Corral Canyon Fault Blocks
AlterationAndesite Is Crushed And Highly Altered To Soft Vein Material
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1898
Last production1940
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10048352
MRDS IDM899939
Alternate namesGolden Rose, Wieland Group Claims, Lead Queen, Jefferson Group, Mono Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.48375, -110.71984
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; GOLDEN ROSE GROUP, MONO MINESCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 276-277SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:4800O)KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHSIMONS, 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 ARIZONAUSBM FILES, MONO MINE