Tiajuana Prospect

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098360
MRDS ID M030410
Record type Site
Current site name Tiajuana Prospect
Alternate or previous names Santa Maria, Santa Cruz
Related records 10135209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87374, 31.66874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 0.75 MI W OF JOSEPHINE CANYON ACROSS RIDGE FROM HEAD OF COTTONWOOD CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 020S 014E 26 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87374, 31.66874

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Sheeting And Slickensides Evidencing Vertical And Horizontal Movement

Ore body information

  • Length 4023.25M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name Tyndall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1870-1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^15 Oz/T Ag, 3% Zn, 1% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 424g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED FOR SILVER CHLORIDES IN 1870'S; SPORADIC MINING THROUGH 1968.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUT TUNNELS, AND SHAFTS IN 1915

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE AJUANA MINING CO, WILSON, BEKINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1972, USGS PP 748.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030410 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.