| Deposit ID | 10048350 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899937 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | California Mine |
| Related records | 10161936 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.7554, 31.49514 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1417 |
| Relative position | 4.0 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA; 1/2 MILE NE OF BLUE EAGLE MINE. |
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 | 022S | 016E | 30 | CENTER OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Result | ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 15% PB, 6 OZ/TON AG, MINOR CU AND AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Mount Wrightson Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Mount Wrightson Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -110.7554, 31.49514 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic, Limestone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite (?) And Granitic Aplite; Rhyolite Volcanics Are Crushed, Altered, And Silicified |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 2413.95M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| Year of last production | 1920 |
| Production years | SPORADICALLY FROM 1890'S TO 1920 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Year | 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^15% Pb, 6 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899937 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230139 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
USBM FILES, CALIFORNIA MINE.
BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721.
SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261.
KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57.
ABGMT FILES, STANTON R. KEITH.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY.
SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762.
KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 82-84.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1975
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CALIFORNIA DEPOSIT LOCATED ON FLUX LODE, IN MAIN N-S SHEAR ZONE; FLUX LODE HAS KNOWN EXTENT OF 1.5 MILES. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: FLUX MINE AND BLUE EAGLE MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 05-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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