Ragnaroc Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039623
MRDS ID M050516
Record type Site
Current site name Ragnaroc Mine
Related records 10162146

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2743, 31.46763 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Utms To Center Of Section 36. Near The Austerlitz Mine. Not Named On The Topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 022S 010E 36 NW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN; NEAR AUSTERLITZ MINE IN SECTION 36. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2743, 31.46763

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1894-1896; 1904

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1904
    Period 1890-1904
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 0.3 Oz Au Per Ton, 7 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And Minor Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 191, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IS FLAT, SHALLOW, QUARTZ VEINLETS AND STRINGERS AND SHOWS STRONG PYRITIZATION; FRACTURE FILLING AND REPLACEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-72 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.