Stevens Group Mines

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048274
MRDS ID M800397
Record type Site
Current site name Stevens Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Stevens Lease, Mines=Molinar Alaska, Stella, Brunswick, Stevens-Stonewall Jackson
Related records 10210072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.37343, 33.13482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 2.0 MILES NW OF METCALF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 029E 33 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE THE STEVENS-STONEWALL JACKSON MINE; 0.5 MI NW OF THE MOUTH OF GARFIELD GULCH ON THE W SIDE OF CHASE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Dioptase Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Analytical data

Result 1906 ASSAY VALUES RANGED FROM 13 TO 30% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Rock description Modoc Limestone;Morenci Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.37343, 33.13482

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fissure Veins In Limestone And Basal Granite Sequences; And Irregular Bodies On Or Near Contacts Of Intrusive Masses
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Striking Fault, With 45 Se Dip, Separates Sedimentary Rocks From Precambrian Granite Associated Porphyry Dike Is 200 Ft Thick

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike NNE
    Dip 16 NW
    Plunge N
    Width 3.66M
  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Dip 16 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Appears To Follow The Dip Of Planes Of Stratification In The Limestones; Ore Is Also Deposited Where Diabase Sills Come In Contact With Granite Or Granite Porphyry

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS LARGELY UNALTERRED IN THIS REGION; ABOVE DESCRIPTION PERTAINS TO STEVENS-STONEWALL JACKSON DEPOSIT AND OTHER STEVENS GROUP DEPOSITS ON WEST SIDE OF CHASE CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer Charles E Stevens Sr; Isaac Stevens
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED SEVERAL TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SHANNON COPPER CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD, STEVENS FAMILY, STEVENS COPPER MINING CO, CHARLES E STEVENS JR; ORIGINAL STEVENS GROUP CONSISTED OF 15 CLAIMS ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHASE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA: STEVENS MINE

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43, P. 351-352

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, STEVENS GROUP

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H.J., 1909, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL IX, PAGE 1273, STEVENS COPPER CO

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV, PAGE 236, STEVENS COPPER MINING CO

  • Deposit

    LANGTON, J.M., 1973, ORE GENESIS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT; AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS: TRANSACTION, VOL. 254, PAGE 256

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO:MOLINAR ALASKA MINE, XIV GROUP, BRUNSWICK MINE; STEVENS MINE IS ALSO A SYNONYM FOR MOLINAR ALASKA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit 39 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 780 ACRES; CLAIMS INCLUDE THE XIV GROUP AND THOSE LOCATED IN GARFIELD GULCH; ORE SHOOTS OF CHALCOCITE PLUNGE TO NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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