| Deposit ID | 10037098 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030395 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ventura Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Morris Group, Georgia Mines, George Morris Mine |
| Related records | 10210665 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.7654, 31.45764 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 13 MI NE OF NOGALES IN COX GULCH. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cumero Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 015E | 01 | NE OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||||||||
| Rock unit name | Comoro Canyon Granite | ||||||||||
| Rock description | Comoro Canyon Granite | ||||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Mt. Wrightson Formation |
| Rock description | Mt. Wrightson Formation |
| (1) | -110.7654, 31.45764 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Believed To Be Sw Extension Of Three R Mine Ne-Trending Fracture System |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Breccia Pipe |
| General form | LENSES, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 |
| Plunge direction | NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| Year of last production | 1950 |
| District name | Palmetto District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona Smelting And Refining Co. |
| First year | 1979 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Noranda Mines, Ltd. |
| First year | 1979 |
| Year | 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1913-1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average 6% Cu, 16 Oz/T Ag, 1% Pb, 0.2 Oz/T Au | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1632000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030395 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230394 |
KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
MOGER, 1969, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ADMR FILE DATA, VENTURA MINE.
USBM FILES VENTURA MINE GROUP.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, VENTURA MINES INC, MORRIS MINE, GEORGE MORRIS MINE.
KEITH, 1975
MOGER, 1969, P.3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ-GOUGE VEINS WITH UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS; LARGE ORE LENS ASSOCIATED WITH SHEAR ZONE IS 500 FT LONG, 30-200 FT WIDE, AND DIPS 70 DEGREES. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030395 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. DUPLICATE RECORD # D000346 BY ROBERT U. KING HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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