| Deposit ID | 10048335 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899919 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Sunnyside Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Volcano Mine, Pina, Horseshoe Claim, Farrell Claim, Sunnyside Copper |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.74678, 31.45125 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES SW OF HARSHAW, Used Schrader (1915), Admr File Data |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harshaw(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 | 016E | 06,07 | SW OF SE (06); CENTER OF E2 OF NE (07) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 8% CU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||
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| 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 > Monzonite |
| (1) | -110.74678, 31.45125 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Monzonite (?) Porphyry Intrudes Mount Wrightson Formation And Is Locally Much Altered To Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, Pyrite, And Tourmaline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | 200 Ft. Wide Mineralized Zone Consists Of Belts Of Sheared And Silicified Country Rock With Isolated Showings Of Copper Carbonate Ores |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50W |
| Dip | 70SW |
| Width | 60.96M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70SW |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | R. Farrell |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Farrell; Lenon And Vasquez; Strong And Harris |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 150000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserves | 180000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | 36,000 tonnes molybdenum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899919 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230375 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230398 | |
| Defense Mapping Agency | DMA | DMA | 57 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Simons, F.S., 1974, Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona; United States Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigations I-762, 9 p.
USBM FILES; SUNNYSIDE, VOLCANO
talk at Bootprints Symposium, Tucson Arizona, Oct. 1995
SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 255-256
KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 96-97
ADMR FILE DATA, VOLCANO MINE
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; VOLCANO GROUP OF MINES, SUNNYSIDE GROUP-PATAGONIA
SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762(1:48000)
KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
Singer and others, 2008
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE IS 200 FT WIDE; ASSOCIATED VEINLETS AVERAGE 5-8 FT IN WIDTH. MINERALIZED ZONE, TO DEPTH OF 40 FT IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF QUARTZ CARRYING CONSIDERABLE COPPER CARBONATES; SMALL POCKET OF BLACK OXIDIZED COPPER ORE ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH OF 80 FT; SULFIDE ORES MIGHT EXIST BELOW OXIDATION ZONE, BUT MINING HAS NOT PENETRATED TO THAT DEPTH. |
| Deposit | Minerals: alunite, andalusite, biotite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, diaspore, enargite, hematite, kaolinite/illite, magnetite, pyrite, pyrophyllite, sericite, smectite, tennantite, tourmaline, zunyite Associated Rocks: breccia, latite porphyry, quartz- feldspar porphyry, quartz monzonite porphyry ;n.d.;granodiorite, quartz monzonite, carbonate rocks, volcanic rocks |
| Deposit | RECORD D002926 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-82 | Calder, Susan R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 07-JUL-93 | ADMR | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 03-AUG-09 | Anderson, Claire | U.S. Geological Survey |
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