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Blue Jay Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Production statistics
  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 10039400
MRDS ID M050030
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Mine
Alternate or previous names Good Friday
Related records 10210236, 10234718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79401, 31.87569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 28 MILES SE OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corona De Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 015E 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SECTINN 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME COPPER STAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Stock 54 +-2my Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite Stock 54 +-2my Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79401, 31.87569
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes Appear To Follow Thrust Fault Scarp Between Limestone And Underlying Granodiorite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-W
    Dip 75 DEG. NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Steep Bedding Planes And Lamprpophyre Dikes In Limestone Bordering Quartz Monzonite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1881-1939
    Material ORE AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^21 Oz Ag/Ton, 1 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 593g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF SHAFT AS OF NOV 1934 WAS 150 FT

Comments on development

  • ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT-HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B.,1974,ABM BULLETIN 189, P.124.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER USGS BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL ANACONDS - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES USGS MAP I-613.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH,S.B.,1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC INTRUSIVE.
Deposit THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000789 (ELLIOT, JAMES E.) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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