Mary Jane Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046340
MRDS ID M241347
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Jane Mine
Related records 10113683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69456, 31.36958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 MILE SOUTH OF WASHINGTON CAMP, Used Usbm Files; Blm District Mining Sheet 727, Used Usbm Files; Blm District Mining Sheet 727

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duquesne(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)

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 024S 016E 03 SE OF SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT ON NW TO EMPIRE MINE AND ON NE TO BELMONT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometasomatized Limestone

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 7% ZN, 6% PB, 2% CU, 6OZ./TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Colina Limestone
    Rock description Colina Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.69456, 31.36958

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Intrusions Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular Lenses In Highly Metamorphosed Limestone, In Or Near Nw-Trending Garnet Zone Exposed On Empire Claim

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Washington Camp District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 80-FT INCLINED SHAFT, STOPED AT 80-FT. LEVEL; SOME TUNNEL AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPRISES 1 PATENTED CLAIM; OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO., NASH MINES, ALBERTO DE LA OSSA (1957)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, MARY JANE MINE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, MARY JANE MINE

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-762

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79

  • Deposit

    LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS

  • Deposit

    CROSBY, W.O., 1906, THE LIMESTONE-GRANITE CONTACT DEPOSITS OF WASHINGTON CAMP, ARIZONA; AIME TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 36, P. 626-646

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES ARE SMALL AND SPOTTY
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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