| Deposit ID | 10048327 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899905 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | National Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Erin, National Consolidated Mine |
| Related records | 10208124 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.78235, 31.40931 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES EAST OF NOGALES INTERANTIONAL AIRPORT |
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 | 023S | 015E | 23 | NW OF NW OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | EARLY 1900'S ORE VALUES AVERAGED 6.5% CU, 21 OZ/TON AG, 1.1% PB, 0.4 OZ./TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -110.78235, 31.40931 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits In Region Are Mainly Lead-Silver Quartzitic Veins Which Strike E-W At About Right Angles To Axis Of Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Deposits Mainly In Coarse Granite Porphyry Which Intrudes Quartz Monzonite; Monzonite Outcrops Nearby To Ne |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | 70S |
| Width | 1.07M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | George Gross |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Consolidated Mining Co. |
| First year | 1906 |
| Last year | 1915 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Gross, National Consolidated Mining Co. |
| First year | 1906 |
| Last year | 1915 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899905 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230297 |
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE
USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, NATIONAL MINE
SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 310-311
KEITH, S.B., 1975, ABM BULL 191, P. 81
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE NATIONAL MINE
ABGMT FILES STANTON B. KEITH
SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEST COPPER ORE AT DEPTH; NATIONAL NO. 4 PROSPECT IS ON A 2-FT. SILICEOUS GALENA-SILVER VEIN WHICH DIPS 50S IN GRANITE PORPHYRY AND IS PARTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT SHEAR ZONE |
| Deposit | NATIONAL MINE IS AT NORTH END OF SERIES OF PROPERTIES COMPRISED IN A BELT ABOUT 1.0 MILE WIDE WHICH EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM PALOMA CANYON TO PROVIDENCIA CANYON FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 2.5 MILES, AND IS REFERRED TO AS THE GROSS BELT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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