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White Oaks and Big Steve Mines

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109796
MRDS ID M241355
Record type Site
Current site name White Oaks and Big Steve Mines
Alternate or previous names Old Clarke, White Oak Adit.
Related records 10259327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08374, 31.37347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1 MILE N OF PAJARITO PEAK (ELV. 5236)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pajarito Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(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 024S 012E 2 N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN TO THE WHITE OAKS SHAFT AT THE HEAD OF WALKER CANYON; THE BIG STEVE MINE SHAFT IS ABOUT 1/4 MILE W OF THE WHITE OAKS SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCENTRATIONS OF HIGH GRADE MATERIAL ARE SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS AND RARE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marcasite To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan; Cerussite Also Fills Fissures And Partly Replaces Breccia And Gouge

Analytical data

Result 300 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 60 OZ/TON AG
Result 33% PB
Result 0.3OZ/TON AU
Result MINOR CU
Result SELECTED SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 0.82% U AND A CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.47% U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08374, 31.37347
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55 E
    Dip 70 SE TO VERTICAL
    Length 457.2M
    Width 9.14M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70 SE TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steeply Dipping Ne Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS FOUND WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS; URANIUM IS FOUND IN 2 SMALL INTERSECTING VEINS (DIPPING 75 AND 41 DEGREES) ABOUT 15 FT LONG, 6 IN WIDE AND 10 FT THICK AT THE WHITE OAK MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Pajarito District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. V. Rhea
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Clarke
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, PITS, SHAFTS; WHITE OAK ADIT ALMOST CONTINUALLY STOPED; ADIT BLOCKED 350 FT FROM PORTAL

Comments on development

  • OTHER PAST OPERATOR IS: W.H. CLARKE (1926 TO 1950). THE WHITE OAK AND BIG STEVE MINES ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #19-WHITE OAKS; CLUSTER #20-BIG STEVE MINE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA; BIG STEVE MINE FILE; WHITE OAK FILE.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 72

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1147-A, P. A42-A44

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT D-441, 1952, A-R-2, 1953

  • Deposit

    NELSON, F.J., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION DISCONTINUOUS IN SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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