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Golden Rose Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026974
MRDS ID M001445
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rose Mine
Related records 10283412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77679, 31.38931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

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 024S 016E 36 NE4 OF NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON IN PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS; CORONADO NATIONAL FO REST; 1 MI NW OF BUENA VISTA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Is Strongly Altered; Diorite At Surface Is Weathered Dow N

Analytical data

Result SAID TO AVERAGE $12.50/T IN 1915

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Comoro Canyon Granite
    Rock description Comoro Canyon Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77679, 31.38931
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W And Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed, M Ineralized Rock In Fault Fissure Cutting Quartz Monzonite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Contained In Crudely Banded Gangue Of Quartz And Altered Rock Which Is More Or Less Porous And Honeycombed

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SHOOTS
    Strike N70E
    Dip 80S
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Syenodiorite And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Greenwill-Arizona Mining Co.
    First year 1915

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1915-1920
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^27% Pb, 1.87% Cu, 23 Oz/T Ag, 0.02 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 649g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 27wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS & TUNNELS 10-80 FT DEEP, A 100 FT SHAFT AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, GOLDEN ROSE MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M001445 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE CONTAINED IN 16-20 FT LODE; ORE SHOOTS WITHIN LODE A VERAGE 3 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Calder, Susan R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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