New York Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046341
MRDS ID M241348
Record type Site
Current site name New York Mine
Alternate or previous names Poole Group, Ohio Mine
Related records 10113354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69456, 31.38181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position LESS THAN 1/2 MILE NW OF WASHINGTON CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 016E 34 SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Pyrometasomatized Limestone

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 9% PB, 4% ZN, 2% CU, 7OZ./TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Concha Limestone;Scherrer Formation
    Rock description Concha Limestone;Scherrer Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.69456, 31.38181

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Near A Dike-Like Intrusion Of Tertiary Biotite-Hornblende Granodiorite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Zone Of Irregular Mineralization In Garnetiferous Crystalline Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GARNET ZONE NOT DEVELOPED HERE AS AT MOST OF OTHER MINES IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer Allen Brothers And Partners
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Washington Camp District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner De La Ossa, Alex
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS, NOW CAVED, EXTENDED TO DEPTH OF MORE THAN 200 FT.; SHAFT AND TUNNEL OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED PRIDE OF THE WEST CO. (1905), DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO. (1906-1919), EVERETT (1922-23), CALLAHAN ZINC LEAD CO. (1941-44), BYRD (1945-46), BRACEY CURTIS ESTATE, TOM GARDNER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, NEW YORK MINE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 582, P. 342

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA, KANSAS MINE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-762

  • Deposit

    LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, NEW YORK MINE

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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