St. Jude Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite, Manganese
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026765
MRDS ID M000141
Record type Site
Current site name St. Jude Mine
Related records 10234948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45376, 32.12067 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position 29 MILES WSW OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Pedro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 009E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SECTION 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45376, 32.12067

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Fault Zone Cutting Cretaceous Sediments.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1939
Production years 1933. 1939

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1933 - 1939
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^33 Oz. Ag/Ton, 1 % Cu, Minor Pb, Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 932g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1933 AND 1939 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED ST. JUDE LEASE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 142.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 142 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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