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Jarillas Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Manganese
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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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037097
MRDS ID M030393
Record type Site
Current site name Jarillas Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Bullion
Related records 10259584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80957, 31.43931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position 3500 FT SW OF TRES DE MAYO GROUP.

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 09 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Psilomelane Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Near Surface; Contacts Of Diorite And Quartz Monzonite Usually Marked By Broad Green Epidotized Belts

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80957, 31.43931
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge Borders N60e Fault, Faults Paralleling Dike

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N65E
    Dip STEEP S TO 85 NW, VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lensing Fissure Veins, Veins Paralleling Diorite Dike In Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAD MINERALIZATION INCREASES WITH DEPTH; WALL ROCK SEPARATED FROM VEIN FILLING BY GOUGE.SHOWING SLICKENSIDED SURFACES. SURFACE OXIDATION TO 70 FT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer A.J. Stockton And Associates
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Period 18??-1924
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^190 Oz/T Ag, 37% Pb, 0.1 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 37wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 5365g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINED SPORADICALLY BY MEXICANS FROM 1880 TO 1924. $5,000 GALENA SHIPPED IN 1904-1905. IT AVERAGED 40% PB, 175 OZ/T AG, 1OZ/T AU, AND MIN OR CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 VERTICAL SHAFTS 40, 40, 70, 75, 125 FT DEEP IN 1915

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE STOCTON (1880-1886) GUSTILLER & CURTIS, LAS JARILLAS MINING CO, GROSS E.L. ISH (1904-1905); 2 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    MOGER, 1969, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, JARILLA MINE GROUP.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 693.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030393 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 05-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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