Mine detail: January and Norton Mine Group

Previously called 'PadrezBlue Flag and Red Bird, Uncle George'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.47264, -110.72984

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Comanche Limestone
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Josephine Canyon Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Trachyandesite
Structure:	Rhyolite Similar To That Of Red Mountain, Isolated Outcrops Of Limestone Occur Near Dike
Tectonic:	Meadow Valley Trachyandesite Flow; Thick Lava Flows Of Harshaw-Trench Camp Area
Alteration processes:	Wall Rock Is Locally Strongly Pyritized And Propylitized

References

MRDS	M899926
DEP	10048339
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, JANUARY AND NORTON MINE GROUP}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 252-253}{Deposit:: KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 95-96}{Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B. 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 59}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA; JANUARY MINE; TRENCH MILL}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE. JANUARY MINE; TRENCH MINE}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANKS, 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.21-22}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.