Isabella Mine

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048328
MRDS ID M899908
Record type Site
Current site name Isabella Mine
Alternate or previous names Victor Claim
Related records 10186577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79207, 31.40181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES E-SE OF NOGALES INTERNATION AIRPORT., To Center Of 1/4 Section, To Center Of 1/4 Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(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 015E 27 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF WILD HOG CANYON; 1/4 MILE NNE OF GROSS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GALENA IN DUMP

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Porphyry And Diorite Altered Near Vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 160
    Dating method Pb-Alpha
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79207, 31.40181

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposits In Region Are Mainly Lead-Silver Quartzitic Veins Which Strike E-W At About Right Angles To Axis Of Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Chiefly In Granite Porphyry

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 804.65M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Quartz Vein Between Granite Porphyry On North And Riorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED IN GROSS BELT; BELT AND FOOTHILLS SEPARATED FROM STEEP SLOPES OF RANGE BY PIEDMONT-LIKE VALLEY ALONG WHICH PIEDMONT FAULT RUNS; EXTENDS NORTHWARD FOR 6 MILES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer E.E. Bethell

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS COMPRISE CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS; 50-FT SHAFT ON VICTOR OR WEST CLAIM

Comments on development

  • 1 CLAIM KNOWN, CALLED THE VICTOR OR WEST CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, ISABELLA MINE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P.310-311

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS TRACEABLE ON SURFACE BY CROPPINGS AND OPENINGS FOR NEARLY 1/2 MILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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