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Buena Vista Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10098206
MRDS ID M001429
MAS/MILS ID 0040230136
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Mine
Alternate or previous names Goodview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76874, 31.38097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.5 MI N OF MEXICAN BORDER; S OF PROVIDENCIA CANYON; 10 MI NE OF NOGALES.

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 36 E2 OF SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI ESE OF BENNETT MINE, 1/8 MI SW OF KING MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
  • Latitude/longitude taken from only working visible on Google Earth in the PLSS listed for this property. It is possible that the main workings are in NWSESW instead as more disturbance is visible there.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76874, 31.38097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W And Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed, Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite .
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fault Or Shear Zone; Crushed Rock In Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30-40E
    Dip 60 SSE
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE FOUND IN GOUGE MATERIAL. WALL ROCK IS SHEARED, ALTERED AND CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Michael Maloney
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jarnagin And Bopp
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maloney, Black Mountain Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1898
    Period 1897-1898
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^28% Cu, 20 Oz/T Ag, $2/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 28wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1895-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, Minor Au And
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1895-1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE TUNNEL OPERATIONS AND WINZES. 3 TUNNELS BETWEE4700 AND 5000 FT ELEVATION, 2 OF WHICH ARE DRIFTS ON MAIN VEIN AND OTHER IS A CROSSCUT ON A PARALLEL VEIN.

Comments on development

  • PREOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE BANCO DEL ORO MINING CO (1910), GOODVIEW MINING ANMILLING CO, KINO COPPER CO, CORONADO MINES, INC, GRAYBILL AND JARNAGIN, DUNHAM AANEZ, JARNAGIN AND BOPP, BLACK MOUNTAIN MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FOUND NEAR WALLS OF VEIN, ESPECIALLY HANGING WALL.
General Minor information added to old MRDS record from old MAS record. This record was more complete.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M001429 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. DATA ALSO FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003045 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Editor 03-JUN-2009 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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