| Deposit ID | 10048289 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800418 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Capote Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Stargo Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.35454, 33.06982 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1414 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | ON NE SIDE OF SQUARE BUTTE BETWEEN TOWN OF STARGO AND STARGO SMELTER SITE., Used Blm District Sheets 842 And 841, Used Blm District Sheets 842 And 841 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 029E | 22 | N2 OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Coronado Quartzite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Coronado Quartzite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Longfellow Limestone |
| Rock description | Longfellow Limestone |
| (1) | -109.35454, 33.06982 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-S Trending Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw |
| General form | NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXTENSIONS |
|---|---|
| Width | 3.66M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Discoverer | Ignacio Campbell |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| Year of last production | 1908 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800418 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841.
USGS PP 43, SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH.
WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. IV, NO. 3, P. 34-35, 52-53, AUGUST 1920.
BENNETT K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
WEED, 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIV, P. 454-455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CAPOTE MINE LOCATED ON CAPOTE VEIN WHICH IS 640 FT EAST OF THE MAIN STARGO VEIN. ONE OF 26 PATENTED CLAIMS OF THE STARGO MINES CO (INC); ALL CLAIMS TOTAL 520 ACRES. |
| Deposit | SEE ALO: STARGO MINES, SILVER KING MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-81 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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