| Deposit ID | 10026908 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000982 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040230350 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Santo Nino Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Santa Maria Molybdenum, Brooks |
| Included sites | North Santo Wind, North Santo Nino |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.71873, 31.36097 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MI SW OF DUQUESNE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Duquesne(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 024S | 016E | 09 | NE OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SEE KUCK 1978 FOR DETAILED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ORE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous granitic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ore Regionally Occurs As Veinlike Replacements Of Quartz Monzonite Mass That Forms Backbone Of Patagonia Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures & Joints |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45-60E |
| Dip | 80W-VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Discoverer | Dennis Coughlin |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Utah Construction And Mining Co., Utah International |
| First year | 1970 |
| Last year | 1975 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southern Copper Mining Co. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Haralina Mg Co; Miami Copper Co; Southern Copper Mines |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Beyerle Santo Nino Mining Co; Young And Gardner; Canute |
| Year | 1975 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1900-1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^7% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, 1% Mos2, Minor Au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000982 |
KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
KUPFER, 1965, USGS BULL 1182-E.
KUCK, 1978, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ADMR FILE DATA, SANTO NINO MINE.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, SANTO NINO MINE.
TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P.299-300 & 11) USBM FILES, SANTO NINO MINE.
U.S. Bureau of Mines CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST REPORT
CIMRI
KEITH, 1975
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M000982 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000345 OF ROBERT U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 25-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 04-JUN-2009 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Combined information from duplicate MAS record 0040230350 and modified location slightly. |
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