| Deposit ID | 10046336 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241322 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Boy Mine |
| Related records | 10162164 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.82262, 31.62457 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 3.2 MILES NE OF SALERO MTN. (ELV. 5494). |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 021S | 015E | 09 | SW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGE: 4.5% PB, 4% CU, 8 OZ/TON AG, .1 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Squaw Gulch Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Squaw Gulch Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Piper Gulch Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Piper Gulch Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -110.82262, 31.62457 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne - Trending Quartz Fissure Veins Cutting Quartz Monzonite And Along Contact Between Monzonite And Nearby Rhyolite Intrusions |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quartz Monzonite Is Intruded And Overlain By Rhyolite In Vicinity |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 N |
| Length | 8046.5M |
| Width | 7.62M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | George Clark And J. Peterson |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Mansfield District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gross Mining And Investment Co. |
| Last year | 1937 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gross Mining And Investment Co. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 2133.6M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241322 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230097 |
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER #118, AMERICAN BOY MINE.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, AMERICAN BOY MINE.
ADMR FILE DATA, AMERICAN BOY MINE.
USGS BULL 582, P. 229-230.
ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 88.
BLM DISTRICT SHEET #687.
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH.
USGS PP 748, P. 14-15
ROHRBACHER, ROBERT G., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE TEMPORAL GULCH-MANSFIELD CANYON AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 69-70.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS CONTAINED IN A 25-FT LODE WHICH DIPS 80 N INTO HILL; LODE CONTAINS SEVERAL FEEDERS OR SPUR VEINS RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 8 INCHES TO 3 FT.; LODE IS TRACEABLE 5 MILES TO WEST; OTHER PROPERTIES ON THE AMERICAN BOY LODE ARE THE AUGUSTA AND ARIZONA-PITTSBURG MINES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 22-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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