Sinn Fein Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039450
MRDS ID M050096
Record type Site
Current site name Sinn Fein Mine
Alternate or previous names Sin Fin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3407, 35.97809 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position HEAD OF WILLIAMSON CANYON 1.5 NE MILE OF ARAVAIPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wepo Village(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polacca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Polacca Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 19,30 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Horse Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Horse Mountain Formation
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Horse Mountain Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3407, 35.97809

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw, Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E & Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Head Center Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 45-60E
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Limestone And Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Balboa Mining And Dev. Co.
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS, WINZES, INCLINES, SMALL STOPES

Comments on development

  • THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE WORKINGS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT APART: OLD SIN N FEIN & NEW SINN FEIN. MINERALIZATION IS SIMILAR IN BOTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173P

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120P

  • Deposit

    DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050096 WITH RECORD M030462 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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