| Deposit ID | 10046338 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241337 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Three R Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Colossus, Richardson Property, Evening Star Prospect |
| Related records | 10162214 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.76457, 31.48403 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 5.7 MILES NE OF NOGALES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 5 MI S OF PATAGONIA. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 022S | 015E | 36 | NW OF SW OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Result | ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 4% CU WITH MINOR AU, ZN, PB, AND AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Mount Wrightson Formation |
| Rock description | Mount Wrightson Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Granite Of Comoro Canyon |
| Rock description | Granite Of Comoro Canyon |
| (1) | -110.76457, 31.48403 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 6 Major N-S Trending, Fractures Appear To Be Regional Control Of Mineralization;3 Major Fracture Systems Trending N-S, N75e, And N30e, Respectively |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Each Fault Within System Branches, Causing Small Brecciated Zones That Formed Small Pockets Of Ore Away From Main Orebody |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNW-SSE |
| Dip | 60 S |
| Thickness | 137.16M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 S |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 S |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | R.R. Richardson |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Palmetto District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Taylor And Barclay |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. A. Pierce And D. Bird |
| First year | 1937 |
| Last year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 6.467HA |
| Overall length | 269.75M |
| Overall width | 254.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241337 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230380 |
KEITH, S.B., 1969, "ALUNITE", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 302-303.
HANDVERGER, PAUL A., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE THREE R MINE, PALMETTO MINING DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
PROBERT, F.H., 1914, THE THREE R MINE, PATAGONIA DISTRICT, ARIZONA: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL.109, P. 174-176.
USBM FILES, THREE R MINE GROUP.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, THREE R MINE.
ADMR FILE DATA, THREE R MINE.
USGS BULL 582, P. 282-287.
ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 74.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
SCHRADER, F.C., 1914, ALUNITE IN GRANITE PORPHYRY NEAR PATAGONIA, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 540, P. 347-350.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 311-312.
BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 693.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LARGEST ORE LENS IS ABOUT 200 X 600 FT AND 10 FT IN WIDTH. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF FAULT ZONE IS 100 FT. VEINS EXTEND SEVERAL FT ALONG STRIKE. ALUNITE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PINKISH ALUNITE AND QUARTZ. ZONE MAY BE SEVERAL FEET WIDE IN PLACES AND MAY CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 30% ALUNITE. ALUNITE ALSO WAS NOTED IN STRONGLY PYRITIZED ZONES IN SOME AREAS. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10255 OF M. CARBONARO WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan R.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1992 | Carbonaro, Marguerite M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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