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European Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026791
MRDS ID M000269
Record type Site
Current site name European Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Buena Vista Group
Related records 10259267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76374, 31.46542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES NE OF NOGALES, COX GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 015E 01 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite And Ore Minerals Largely Oxidized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76374, 31.46542
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheared And Jointed Country Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1913-1929
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 10% Cu, 4 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.1 Oz. Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 113g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1971, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 73

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATIONS WITH GAUGE, QUARTZ AND BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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