Florida Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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 10026797
MRDS ID M000313
Record type Site
Current site name Florida Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of the Alto Group?
Related records 10259592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86374, 31.61263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 8 MILES NW OF PATOGONIA, N OF ALTO GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 021S 014E 12 SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Minerals Partly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic granitic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING, IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Tyndall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1910-1920'S
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 6% Cu, 5% Pb, 20 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.7 Oz. Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 20g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SPOTTY PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND SHAFT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ. CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P.8

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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