| Deposit ID | 10048342 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899929 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Humboldt Mine |
| Related records | 10161920 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.734, 31.46931 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES WEST OF HARSHAW |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 016E | 5 | CENTER OF N | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Rhodochrosite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 7% PB, 19 OZ./TON AG, 1.5 % ZN, 1% CU, MINOR AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Josephine Canyon Diorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Josephine Canyon Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -110.734, 31.46931 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thick-Bedded Coarse Tuffs And Massive Tuff Breccias Associated With The Trench Camp |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Located On Or Near Contact Between Rhyolite Porphyry And Diorite; Contact Dips 85s |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 2.74M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1855 |
| Discoverer | William Harrington And James Gillespie |
| Year of first production | 1887 |
| Year of last production | 1952 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carl Scheler, Patrick Roscoe, Gib And Reuben Mock ?) |
| First year | 1936 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899929 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 58.
ABGMT FILES, STSANTON B. KEITH
KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 92-94
SHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA. USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 251-252
SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AN SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)
MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, HUMBOLDT MINING AND REDUCTION CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENSING QUARTZ VEINS ARE NARROW AND SMALL; FAULT EXPOSED IN TUNNEL WORKINGS STRIKES N50E AND DIPS 87SE; SOME DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE IN WALL ROCK; ONE OF SEVERAL SILICEOUS ZONES BEARING ORES IS 9 FT WIDE AND DIPS 70NE; SHEAR ZONES TEND TO DIP AT HIGH ANGLES (70-80 DEG) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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