Morning and Evening Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039616
MRDS ID M050503
Record type Site
Current site name Morning and Evening Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Morning and Evening Mine
Related records 10113696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09235, 31.37875 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pena Blanca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(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 012E 35 SW OF SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marcastte To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Pajarito Lavas
    Rock description Pajarito Lavas
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09235, 31.37875

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steeply Dipping Ne Shear Zones; Ore Occurs As Scattered Pockets Within Quartz And Carbonate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Pajarito District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. Kimmel
    First year 1927
    Last year 1930

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1800-1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 200 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 22 % Pb, And Minor Au And Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 22wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 5647g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, ADIT, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #20 - MORNING MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 191, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, F.S., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN POCKETS, LARGELY OXIDIZED. ORE IS FOUND ONLY WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS.
Deposit PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGES OF MOSTLY SILVER, LEAD, WITH BYPRODUCT COPPER & GOLD, LATE 1920'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) 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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