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January and Norton Mine Group

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese
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  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 10048339
MRDS ID M899926
Record type Site
Current site name January and Norton Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Padrez, Blue Flag and Red Bird, Uncle George
Related records 10235029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72984, 31.47264 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NW OF HARSHAW, JUST EAST OF FLUX CANYON ROAD

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 016E 32 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • RED BIRD MINE, ALSO KNOWN AS UNCLE GEORGE OR NORTON MINE, IS JUST EAST OF ROAD; JANUARY MINE IS ABOUT 1/3 MILE NORTH OF THE RED BIRD, ON THE NE SIDE OF FLUX CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Is Locally Strongly Pyritized And Propylitized

Analytical data

Result EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 35% PB, 60 OZ/TON AG
Result 1940 VALUES AVERAGED 6% ZN, 4% PB, 7 OZ/TON AG, AND MINOR CU AND AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Josephine Canyon Diorite
    Rock description Josephine Canyon Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Comanche Limestone
    Rock description Comanche Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72984, 31.47264
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rhyolite Similar To That Of Red Mountain
Type of structure Local
Structure description Isolated Outcrops Of Limestone Occur Near Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N53W
    Dip 75 NE
    Length 762M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 137.16M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 75 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Rhyolite Dike With Diorite Country Rock; Veins Associated With Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • 50-CALLED JANUARY-NORTON VEIN LIES TO NE OF TRENCH VEIN SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Padrez (?)
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nash, J. And Mc Farland, E.
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED FROM EARLY 1870'S FOR HIGH-GRADE SILVER, AND IN 1925-1928 AND 1944-1949 FOR ZINC AND LEAD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • JANUARY MINE WORKINGS INCLUDED 2 VERTICAL, TIMBERED SHAFTS, SEVERAL CROSS-CUTS; ONE SHAFT ON THE RED BIRD CLAIM; JANUARY SHAFT IS 500 FT DEEP, HORTON SHAFT (NORTH END OF PROPERTY) IS 120 FT DEEP; TUNNEL CONNECTS 500-FT LEVEL OF JANUARY SHAFT WITH TRENCH SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED JANUARY MINES CO., AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., BLUE FLAG MINING CO., FARRELL, BIG JIM MINES INC., FRANK GALLAGHER AND ASSOCOATES; MINES RELOCATED BY BLUE FLAG MINING CO. IN 1882; PROPERTY COMPRISES 2 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, JANUARY AND NORTON MINE GROUP

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 252-253

  • Deposit

    KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 95-96

  • Deposit

    KEITH, STANTON B. 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA; JANUARY MINE; TRENCH MILL

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE. JANUARY MINE; TRENCH MINE

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANKS, 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.21-22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED RHYOLITE DIKE IS 15-20 FT WIDE; CONSIDERABLE MANGANESE CONTAINED IN DIORITE, AS MUCH AS 4 FT. FROM CONTACT ON NE OR HANGING-WALL SIDE; JANUARY MINE LOCATED ON NORTHERN CONTINUATION OF RED DIKE OR VEIN, WHICH STRIKES N30W, DIPS 75NE, AND IS 6-7 FT. WIDE
Deposit SEE ALSO: TRENCH MINE (OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH JANUARY MINE BY AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO); WORLD'S FAIR MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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