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Stargo Mines

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048131
MRDS ID M800163
Record type Site
Current site name Stargo Mines
Alternate or previous names Craig, Nevada, Stargo Extension, Stargo Silver Belt, Silver Mohawk, Capote, Silverlead Mine, Silver King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.36009, 33.0501 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position CLAIMS LIE UNDER PRESENT TOWN OF STARGO, Used Blm District Maps 841 And 842; Now Under Town Of Stargo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 21;22 E2 OF SE (21); SW (22) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL POINT IN TOWN OF STARGO WAS USED FOR UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION COORDINATES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Coronado Quartzite
    Rock description Coronado Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Longfellow Limestone
    Rock description Longfellow Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.36009, 33.0501
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw

Ore body information

  • General form NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXPANSIONS
    Strike N-S
    Dip 40 W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO VEIN; ALL VEINS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER AND CONTENT; STARGO PROPERTY FISSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEXT TO MORENCI QUARTZ-MONZONITE PORPHYRY AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Ignacio Campbell
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO MINE; WORKINGS INCLUDE HOISTS WITH MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 150 FT, 3 WORKING SHAFTS, 75 TON CAPACITY CYANIDE MILL, EXTENSIVE SURFACE MINING

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO, STARGO SYNDICATE, GEORGE W. SCHALE, PEDRO FUENTES, JOSE E. TELLEZ, IGNACIO CAMPBELL AND SONS, THE STARGO MINES CO (INC), DETROIT COPPER CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAPS 842 AND 841

  • Deposit

    WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, AUGUST 1920

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVI, PAGES 454 TO 455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 26 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 520 ACRES; 8 KNOWN VEINS ON STARGO PROPERTY OF WHICH THE STARGO VEIN IS THE MAIN DEPOSIT; ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO VEIN DEPOSIT; MAXIMUM LENGTH DATA DESCRIBES SURFACE EXPOSURE WHILE LENGTH UNDERGROUND MAY EXCEED 1.0 MILE
Deposit EXTENSIVE SURFACE MINING WAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN ALONG THE TRIANGLE, CAPOTE, AND CRAIG VEINS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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