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Holland Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10037099
MRDS ID M030397
Record type Site
Current site name Holland Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Duquesne-Washington Group, Nash Mines Group
Related records 10137525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69623, 31.3707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF MEXICO, 3/4 MI SW OF WASHINGTON CAMP.

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 CENTER OF W2 OF E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT ON SW TO DUDLEY MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary
Quartz Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OF THE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SHOW JAP TWINNING WITH "EARS" MORE THAN A FOOT LONG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ZN:CU=8, ZN:PB=2.1, AG:CU=5.9, PB:CU=3.8, AG:PH=1.6, ZN:AG=1.4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group;Cherty Marble Member Of Epitaph Dolomite
    Rock description Naco Group;Cherty Marble Member Of Epitaph Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.69623, 31.3707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineral Deposits Of Washington Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sed Iment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Post Ore Faulting Cuts Off Sulfides. Coarse Sheeting Or Jointing D Ips 25e

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Dip 60W
    Length 213.36M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Epitaph Dolomite With Scherrer Quartzite; Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENITE APPEARS TO REPLACE CHALCOPYRITE & GALENA IN ISOLATED O CCURRENCES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Henry Holland

Mining district

District name Washington Camp District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Simplot Mining Co.
    First year 1970
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rosario Exploration Co.
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED EXTENSIVELY BEFORE 1900 FOR HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED PB-AG ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT & OPEN CUT OPERATIONS: 4 INCLINED SHAFTS, 100 BY 40 FT OPEN CUT IN 1915

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE HOLLAND SMELTING & MINING CO, B . COUGHLIN (1891), F.L. BARTLETT (1896), DUQUESNE MINING & REDUCTION C O. (1905-20?), CALLAHAN ZINC LEAD CO (1940-44), BYRD (1945-49), NASH M INES (1951-57), LUTTRELL AND PARTNERS, A.B. ELDER, E.W. MCFARLAND (195 2-57), CARL SANDBERG & FRED WILLIAMS (1964)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEHMAN, 1978, PH. D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, HOLLAND MINE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, HOLLAND MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, HOLLAND MINE, DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 293-300.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975; LEHMAN, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONES DIP 45-65W BETWEEN SURFACE AND 100 FT THEN ABRUPTLY BEC OME NEARLY VERTICAL BETWEEN 100-200 FT, WHEN THE SULFIDE ZONE THINS
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030397 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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