Mine detail: Stargo Mines

Previously called 'CraigNevadaStargo ExtensionStargo Silver BeltSilver MohawkCapoteSilverlead MineSilver King Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.0501, -109.36009

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead
Ore:	Silver
Orebody form:	NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXPANSIONS
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Longfellow Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Coronado Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	N-S Trending Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting, Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Tectonic:	Precipitous Gully Terrain; Transition Zone Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M800163
DEP	10048131
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MAPS 842 AND 841}{Deposit:: WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, AUGUST 1920}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVI, PAGES 454 TO 455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.