Bullwhacker Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10109890
MRDS ID M899938
Record type Site
Current site name Bullwhacker Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Gate Claim, North Mowry Mine, Old Mowry Mine
Related records 10137675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70345, 31.43347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 9 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA

Site location context

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)

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 016E 15 NE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1/3 MILE NE OF MOWRY MINE; CONSIDERED PART OF MOWRY PROPERTY; IN EAST BASE OF MOWRY HILL; BULLWHACKER DEPOSITS ARE ON GOLDEN GATE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxides Of Manganese And Iron Are Highly Decomposed; Replacement Of Limestone By Manganese Oxides

Analytical data

Result 1941 ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 28% MN, 0.8-7.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.03% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Limestone; Colina Limestone Member;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Naco Limestone; Colina Limestone Member;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70345, 31.43347

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestones In Region Surround Isolated, Brecciated Siliceous Rocks Which Apparently Intruded Host Rock Along Zones Of Weakness
Type of structure Local
Structure description Disconnected Mineralized Areas Are Several 100 Ft. North Of The Mowry Fault Contact And Are Strung About 500 Ft Along A Nw-Trending Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M
  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur Along Faults Minor Fractures, And Bedding Planes In Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • WIDER MASSES OF ORE ARE SEPARATED BY LOWER GRADE MATERIAL OR UNREPLACED LIMESTONE OF VARIOUS WIDTHS; MAJORITY OF ORE PRODUCTION FROM 3 FAIRLY CLOSELY SPACED FRACTURE ZONES WITHIN AN IRREGULAR SURFACE AREA ABOUT 150 FT. SQUARE; ONE OF THE3 FRACTURES DIPS STEEPLY NW AND CUTS LIMESTONE BEDS; OTHER 2 FRACTURES FOLLOW LIMESTONE BEDDING PLANES, DIPPING MODERATELY NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1967
    Last year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.263HA
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 120-FT DEEP SHAFT; SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN-CUTS; INCLINED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FOLLOW DOWN DIP OF ORE ABOUT 130 FT; ORE OF HIGHEST GRADE FOUND AT 35 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED H. WOODRUFF R. BEYERLE, ABEL DE LA OSSA, A.S. HENDERSON, K. PETERSON, VANDERWALKER BROS., MAJULCA AND HENDERSON, LIZARAGA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES; BULLWACKER DEPOSITS, GOLDEN GATE MINE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 305-306

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 723

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L. STEWART, L.A., AND C.W. DELONG, 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7990, P. 162-165

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA; GOLDEN GATE (BULLWHACKER), MOWRY MINE

  • Deposit

    SMITH, GEORGE E., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MOWRY AREA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZ3NA, 44 PP

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS AP I-762 (1:48000)

  • Deposit

    KEITH STANTON B., 1975, INDEX IOF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 80

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES STANTON B. KEITH 11) ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, BULLWACKER MINE (GOLDEN GATE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE DEPOSITS FORM ERRATIC LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN LIMESTONE; ;MINERALIZED ZONE IS COMPOSED OF STRINGERS, VEINLETS, AND SMALL IRREGULAR BUNCHES OF MANGANESE OXIDES LARGELY ORIENTED ALONG STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES STRIKING ABOUT N45W; BULK OF ORE MINED FROM AN IRREGULAR LENTICULAR BODY STRIKING N60W AND DIPPING ABOUT 40 NE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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