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New York and Arizona Gold Mines

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese
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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 10109873
MRDS ID M800402
Record type Site
Current site name New York and Arizona Gold Mines
Alternate or previous names Cansler Mine, Buzzard Shadow Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.41009, 33.07232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.0 MILES WEST OF MORENCI, Used Usgs Professional Paper 43 (1905) And Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources File Data

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(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 Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 19 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF GOLD GULCH; CLAIMS COVER NW QUARTER OF SECTION 19; ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE ADIT NEAR UNNAMED GULCH DRAINING DIRECTLY INTO EAGLE CREEK AND BELOW BUZZARD'S SHADOW MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substanital Development Of Epidote And Magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite
    Rock description Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 55.2
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale
    Rock description Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.41009, 33.07232
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry
Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Deposits With General E-W Strike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissures In Sedimentary Sequences; Contact Metamorphic Replacements Along The Margin Of The Intrusives

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS FREE AS WELL AS COMBINED IN CU AND FE SULFIDES; LONGFELLOW LIMESTONES ARE EXTENSIVELY EXPOSED IN THIS REGION; MORENCI PORPHYRY IS NOT MUCH ALTERRED BUT IS GREATLY DISINTEGRATED; PRINCIPAL REGIONAL PORPHYRITIC INTURSIONS PARALLEL PLANES OF SEDIMENTATION WHICH DIP 10-30 SW; REGIONAL FAULTING PRIOR TO INTRUSION AND MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Home Copper Co
Year of first production 1921
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cansler, D. M.
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 74.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 3 TUNNELS (LENGHTS 100 FT, 450 FT, 600 FT) PLUS THE LILLIAN TUNNEL OF 1800 FT; 5 SHAFTS (INCLUDING THE 260 FT ARGENTINE SHAFT, 80 FT LOUISE SHAFT, 72 FT JENSEN SHAFT); SMALL STOPES AND PITS; WINZES TO 100 FT DEPTH; FREE MILLING GOLD ORE ON SURFACE

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO, D.M. CANSLER, HARY CANSLER, G.I. PACE, HOME COPPER CO, JOHN C. MOLDER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43 (1905)

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, PAGES 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL XI, PAGE 444, HOME COPPER CO

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GROUP

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 600 ACRES PLUS A 150-ACRE MILL SITE; PROPERTY INCLUDED 4 ORE BODIES OF WHICH THE BUZZARD SHADOW IS THE EASTERNMOST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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