Gringo Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10037110
MRDS ID M030418
Record type Site
Current site name Gringo Mine
Alternate or previous names Francis Group, Temporal Group
Related records 10259124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7704, 31.5718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 2 1/4 MI NNW OF PATAGONIA; 1/2 MI NE OF FRESHO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 021S 015E 36 NE4 OF NE4 OF NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF GRINGO GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Deeply Oxidized; Epidotized; Propylitic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Middle Member Of Bathtub Formation (Andesite Flows);Gringo Gulch Volcanics , Dacite Porphyry
    Rock description Middle Member Of Bathtub Formation (Andesite Flows);Gringo Gulch Volcanics , Dacite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7704, 31.5718

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W Trending Quartz Fissure Veins; Andesite Is Cut By Steeply S-Dip Ping Sheeting Structures, Dipping About Parallel With Lode
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gold Is Uniformly Distributed In Vein But Generally Favors Footwal L And Is Only Rarely Found In Hanging Wall

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 805
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Irregular Lensing Quartz-Calcite Fissure Veins Cutting Rhyolitic Tuff And Andesitic Flows; 2 Main Veins And Several Minerali Zed Cross Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • WULFENITE WITH NATIVE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Discoverer R.R. Richardson
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1890-1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6% Pb, 4% Cu, 12 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 339g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct
  • Year 1937
    Period 1890-1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.43 Oz/T Au, 0.5 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 14g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 12g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED MAINLY FOR GOLD IN 1907-1908. MINOR PB-CU PRODUCTION IN 192 9-30 AND 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE ARIZONA GOLD MINES & MILLING CO, (1907) ALTAMIRANO, RICHMOND, M. SANCHEZ; 9 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, GRINGO MINE GROUP

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, GRINGO GROUP

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, GRINGO MINE

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975, P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS CONTAINED MAINLY IN 2 VEINS THE GRINGO AND THE INDEPENDE NT WHICH EXTEND SEVERAL MILES; VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM 5-20 FT; GRIN GO VEIN ACCOMPANIED IN PLACES ON FOOTWALL BY A 7 FT DIKE WHICH CARRIES ALMOST SAME AMOUNT OF GOLD AS VEIN AND SEEMS TO BE A METASOMATIC REPL ACEMENT DEPOSIT IN WALL ROCK; INDEPENDENT VEIN IS ABOUT PARALLEL TO AN D 600 FT N OF GRINGO VEIN; WIDENS TO 40 FT WHERE JOINED BY SPUR VEINS; PROPERTY EXTENDS 4500 FT ON VEIN
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030418 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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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