Blue Jay-Good Friday Mines

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210236
MRDS ID M050030
MAS/MILS ID 0040190133
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay-Good Friday Mines
Alternate or previous names Rapids, Blue Eagle, Blue Flag,, Blue Jay Good Friday Mines, Claim Group: Good Friday, Good, Friday No. 2, St. Louis, Cedar, And Blue Jay., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10039400, 10234718

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.77238, 31.88293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corona De Tucson(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 015 E 12 W CTR Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.77238, 31.88293

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Date of Last Modification 940714

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Taggert And Drunzer
    Year 1939
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bob Knox
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1881-1939
    Description 1881-1939 21 Oz/T Ag, 1 Oz/T Au, + Pb 2300 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 32g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 664g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P124 1974

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    M S DUNHAM, 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE BLUE JAY MINE AREA, UNIV OF

  • Deposit

    ARIZ MS THESIS, 43 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS BEING OPERATED IN 1992, UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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