Carrie Nation Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037109
MRDS ID M030416
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie Nation Mine
Related records 10283405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87624, 31.69819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 020S 014E 14 NE OF NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF WEST FORK OF MADERA CANYON NEAR ITS HEAD. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result COPPER SAID TO AVERAGE 3%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Josephine Canyon Diorite;Madera Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Josephine Canyon Diorite;Madera Canyon Granodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87624, 31.69819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Composed Of Various Intrusive Units And Mineralized Fault Systems
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Cuts Across Sheeting Structure Of Diorite And Stand About Vertical

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING ORE SHOOTS
    Strike WNW
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Veins In Shear Zone Cutting Quartz Diorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 124 TONS OF ORE ON DUMP IN 1915.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT; IN 1915 A 240 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, 110 FT DRI FTS, 30 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE TRES ESTADOS MINING CO, SQUARE DEAL PROSPECT, C.W. CURRY (1915); LESSEES REPORTED TO HAVE OPENED MINE IN 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.

  • Deposit

    WHITACRE, 1964, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, CARRIE NATION MINE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARRIE NATION LEDGE IS SAID TO EXTEND EAST TO TOP OF JACK MOUNTAI N WHERE SQUARE DEAL MINE IS LOCATED ON SAME LEDGE.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030416 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDEN 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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