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Blue Eagle Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048351
MRDS ID M899941
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef Group, Blue Eagle 1 and 2 Claims, Hillside Copper Mine
Related records 10161856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75679, 31.49236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1334
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA; 1/2 MILE NE OF FLUX MINE

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 022S 016E 30 SW OF SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SW SIDE OF ALUM GULCH; EXPOSED REEF MINE LOCATED 1/2 MILE TO NE, ON NORTH SIDE OF ALUM GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = NOGALES (1958) 1:625000

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME OXIDIZED ORES ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES AT SURFACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic Gossan Capping Deposit; Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite; Propylitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 18.5% CU, 17 OZ/TON AG, $1.50/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Mt Wrightson Formation
    Rock description Mt Wrightson Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Harshaw Creek Fault (N30w); General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40nnw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite(?) And Granitic Aplite

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.76M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-Trending, Verticcal, Well-Banded Quartz Vein; Ore Forms Feathery Branches Along Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONSIST OF GREENISH-BROWN TUFFACEOUS SILTSTONE AND SHALE; SANDSTONES IN REGION ARE LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer James Hale
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 240-FT TUNNEL ON VEIN, 50-FT WINZE, 40 FT OF RASISES AND CROSSCUTS; MAIN WORKINGS IN THE HILLSIDE COPPER MINE AND BLUE EAGLE NO.2 CLAIM

Comments on development

  • MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT IN WIDTH; ASSOCIATED 8 FT SIDE VEIN CARRIES RICH BLACK COPPER ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO:FLUX MINE, EXPOSED REEF GROUP FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT IN WIDTH; ASSOCIATED 8-FT WIDE VEIN CARRIES RICH BLACKCOPPER ORE

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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