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Christmas Gift Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Manganese
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  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048348
MRDS ID M899935
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Gift Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Horseshoe Group, Rhea Group, Hardtmayer Property, Bland Property, Gypsy
Related records 10137394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71789, 31.52514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF PATAGONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hughes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 022S 016E 16 CENTER OF N Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE WEST OF HARSHAW CREEK, ON NORTHERN SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE FROM DUMP IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS AND IS COLORED LEMON-YELLOW FROM LEAD CARBONATE AND IRON OXIDE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 400 Ft.

Analytical data

Result EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 40 OZ/T AG, 20% PB, MINOR CU AND AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Teritiary Volcanics
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N65W
    Dip 87SW
    Width 6.1M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 87SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw- Trending Fissure Veins In 50-75 Ft Wide Leached Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC ROCKS OF RED MOUNTAIN ARE HIGHLY ALTERED AND LOCALLY MINERALIZED; ANDESITE HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SERICITIZED AND KAOLINIZED; MANGANESE OXIDE OCCURS AS BLACK COATING ON SURFACE ROCKS, AND AS COATINGS AND DENDRITIC CRYSTALS IN WALL ROCK BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Frank Lamonte (?)
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eva Henderson; Patagonia, Az.
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 3 SHAFTS WITH MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 240 FT; 4 CROSSCUTS TOTALLING 400 FT; 30 FT. OF WINZES; 70 FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED BLAND MINING CO., A.S. HENDERSON, RHEA MINING CO; J.H. HERRICK, DOUGHERTY, A.W. HARDTMAYER (1892-1920); PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1890 TO 1938; PROPERTY COMPRISES 9 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS; CLAIMS RECLOATED BY A.S. HENDERSON IN 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH BLAND PROPERTY IN ALTO GULCH, 8 MILES NW OF PATAGONIA, NEAR ALTO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit VEINS CONTAINED IN 50-75 FT. LEACHED ZONE; 2 PROMINENT MAIN VEIN SYSTEMS, GENERALLY TRENDING E-W, EXPOSED SEVERAL 1000 FT ON SURFACE; NORTHERLY VEIN SYSTEM IS ABOUT 100 FT WIDE; SOUTHERLY VEIN SYSTEM IS ABOUT 75 FT WIDE; VEIN CHANNELS WITHIN SYSTEM AVERAGE 10-20 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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