| Deposit ID | 10109793 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241261 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Phoenix Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hay Property |
| Related records | 10234422 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.69595, 31.4232 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA |
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 | 15 | S2 OF S2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Lead | Ore |
| Result | ORE VALUES AVERAGED 13.9% PB, 1.5 OZ./TON AG, .16 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite |
| (1) | -110.69595, 31.4232 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Croppings Of Manganese And Iron Oxides, Kaolin And Argentiferous Galena Extend Interruptedly Along Contact Fissure Of Mowry Fault For 1/2 Mile Or More |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Deposits Formed By Same Intrusive Dike Of Quartz Monzonite That Uptilted Limestone Beds Containing The Mowry Deposits; Pyroxene Monzonite Similarly Uptilted, Creating Parallel Fractures Along Which Mineralization Occurred |
| General form | STREAKS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N75E |
| Dip | 78N |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George R. Hay |
| First year | 1942 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241261 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230317 |
USBM FILES, PHOENIX MINE
ADMR FILE DATA, PHOENIX MINE
SMITH, GEORGE E., 1956 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 44 PP.
USGS BULL 582, P. 296-306
USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)
PROUT, J.W., 1907, THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY MINE, MOWRY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 18 PP.
BRINSMADE, R.B., 1907, LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF MOWRY, ARIZONA; MINES AND MINERALS, VOL. 27, NO. 12, P. 529-531
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940'S |
| Deposit | EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT, APPROXIMATELY 300 BY 2000 FT., CONSISTS OF PARALLEL STREAKS OF ORE, FROM A FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FT IN WIDTH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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