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Four Metals Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037102
MRDS ID M030400
Record type Site
Current site name Four Metals Mine
Alternate or previous names Guajolote Lode, Red Hill Crosscut, Phoenix Claims, Hillside Claims, Red Mountain Mine, Frisco, Group
Related records 10234778, 10259071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73789, 31.39847 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI NW OF WASHINGTON, 1.5 MI SW OF MOWRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(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 023S 016E 29 W OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PROVIDENCIA CANYON ON SOUTH FLANK OF RED HILL. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 58
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 63.9
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73789, 31.39847
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposit Occurs In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeted, Shattered, Crushed Granodiorite; Fault Shear Zone 1200 Ft Wide

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, STRINGERS, LENSES, SEAMS
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Breccia Pipe And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1861
Discoverer Pioneers

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Range Co. (Subsidiary Of Noranda Mines Inc.)

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A FEW TONS OF PICKED ORE SHIPPED - 7% CU, 40 OZ/T AG, 0.1 OZ/ T AU

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 1360000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.82 wt-pct Copper Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BRECCIA PIPE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ON 3 LEVELS AND WAS DRILLED BY THE WEST RANGE CO WHO PROVED 3 MILLION TONS OF 0.82% CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.06HA
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 149.35M
    Overall length 320.04M
    Overall width 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE TUNNEL OPERATIONS; IN 1907 RED HILL 712-FT LOWER CROSSCUT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN; 185 FT TUNNEL ON 5360 FT LEVEL; 600 FT TUNNEL ON 5400 FT LEVEL; 750 FT ADIT ON 5260 FT LEVEL; 1187 FT ADIT ON 5090 FT LEVEL; 140 FT HIGH RAISE BETWEEN 5260 AND 5400 FT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED CORONADO MINES INC, G. GROSS, FOUR METALS MINING CO, KINO COPPER CO; 33 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, 1962, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    GRAYBEAL, 1972, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, FOUR METALS MINE.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRAYBEAL, 1972, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA PIPE IS 1200 BY 900 FT PLUNGING 55W; DEPOSIT OCCURS IN FORM OF SUBORDINATE VEINS, LENSES, STRINGERS, AND SEAMS IN FISSURES, JOINTS, SHEETING PLANES AND OTHER FRACTURES.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030400 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM 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

Beyond USGS

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

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