Margarita Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137663
MRDS ID M050245
MAS/MILS ID 0040230067
Record type Site
Current site name Margarita Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle, Mcdonald, Rob Roy
Related records 10039541

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.25599, 31.44484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023 S 011 E 07 NENE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.25599, 31.44484

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910911

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newfields Minerals, Inc.
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1903-1941
    Description 1903-1941. See Comments For Grades. 4400 St Ore

Comments on the production information

  • GRADES FOR 1903-41 PRODUCTION: 0.3 TR OZ/ST AU, 0.6 TR OZ/ST AG, MINOR PB AND CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WALENGA, K. CANADIAN FIRM SAYS IT WILL DEVELOP SANTA CRUZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD MINE. PAY DIRT, NO. 589, JULY 1988, P. 16A.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. UNPUB-

  • Reserve-Resource

    LISHED, PUBLIC FILES DATA, 1988; AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    FROM ADMMR, PHOENIX, AZ.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF THE REGION CONTIGUOUS TO THE MONTANA MINE

  • Deposit

    INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES I SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SANTA CRUZ CTY RECORDER'S REPORTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-93 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.