Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlN-S Trending Vein Developed On 2 Slips That Converge And Diverge, Forming Pinch And Swell Structures; Swells Are Wholey Or Partially Mineralized
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rockDiorite,Trachyandesite · Josephine Canyon Diorite
StructureDeposits In Area Are Associated With Contact Of Rhyolite Intruded Into Diorite, Vein Is Cut By Weakly Mineralized Cross Faults With Average Left Lateral Displacement Of 75 Ft
Tectonic settingMeadow Valley Trachyandesite Flow; Thick Lava Flows Of Harshaw-Trench Camp Area
AlterationWall Rocks Strongly Propylitized And Pyritized; Strong Pyrite Gossan
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1879
Last production1954
Discovery year1879
Identification
Deposit ID10109888
MRDS IDM899917
Alternate namesHenry Ford Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.47875, -110.73845
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, WORLD'S FAIR MINETENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 301-303SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 248-251SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)ADMR FILE DATA, WORLD'S FAIR MINEKEITH, STANTON B., INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 60ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHKARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,P. 86-88ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; WORLD'S FAIR MINE, WORLD'S FAIR EXTENSION MINES