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San Juan Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bismuth, Cadmium, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161252
MRDS ID D003068
MAS/MILS ID 0040030205
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Mine
Alternate or previous names Sulphide Adit, Silver Adit, Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit, Gordon, Mann Adit
Related records 10009832

Comments on the site names

  • INCLUDES EXPLORATION WORKINGS TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST, AND ADITS OF THE SAN JUAN GROUP, INCLUDING THE CAVE, COPPER, BURRO, DISSEMINATED, BLENDE, AND MISTLETOE ADITS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.98316, 31.88323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1980
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 023 E 10 SWNE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.98316, 31.88323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 25N
    Thickness 12M
    Length 101M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MANTLELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Strike And Dip N70W:25N
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jonathan Gordon Operations, Inc.
    Year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 63 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 63mt
  • Year 1915
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 71 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 71mt
  • Year 1925
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 44 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 44mt
  • Year 1947
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 3600 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 3600mt
  • Year 1948
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 2349 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 2349mt
  • Year 1949
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 5000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 5000mt
  • Year 1951
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 1995 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 1995mt
  • Year 1952
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 328 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 328mt
  • Year 1964
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 140 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 140mt
  • Year 1968
    Description Zinc-Silver Ore 165 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 165mt

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED 1300 MT OF ZINC WAS PRODUCED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Inferred 13600mt ore
    Total resources 13600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 9.7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1994
    Silver Ag 45 g/mt Silver Minor 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, C. P., 1913, UNPUB. NOTES ON SAN JUAN GROUP, AVAIL.

  • Deposit

    AT CO. SCHOOL OF MINES LIBRARY, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1951, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 158, P. 20-23.

  • Deposit

    VOELZEL, C. W., 1942, UNPUB. USBM REPORT ON DRAGOON ZINC

  • Deposit

    RECONN., P. 8, 11.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 26-28, D60-73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN ADITS POSE HUMAN HAZARDS; SUBSIDENCE PROBLEMS EXIST WITH ONE STOPE OPEN TO SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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