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Southern Cross Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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 10109839
MRDS ID M800173
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cross Mine
Related records 10283562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33077, 34.51448 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 4.4 MILES SW FROM GRAY BACK 5133 (AT NORTH END OF GRAY BACK MTS.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayback Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 010W 32 SE OF NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR BLAND MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Hillside Mica Schist (Muscovite Schist)
    Rock description Hillside Mica Schist (Muscovite Schist)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Middle Proterozoic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Minor Foliation In Schist Trends Ne; Igneous Rocks Massive
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Often Are Low-Angle, Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip 5 TO 15
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 21.34M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS MAY BE PRESENT LOCALLY ALONG QUARTZ VEINS OR MAY BE ABSENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Crosby District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thompson, T. E., Grey, C. C.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Gray (1940'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137 P. 27

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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