Mine detail: January and Norton Mine Group

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

Location:	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.47264, -110.72984
dep_id:	10048339
mrds_id:	M899926
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Gold, Copper
Trace mineral:	Manganese
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Argentite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Wall Rock Is Locally Strongly Pyritized And Propylitized
conc_proc:	Secondary Enrichment; Mineralization Is Not Uniform In Dike And Some Sections Are Barren Of Ore
ore_ctrl:	Contact Of Rhyolite Dike With Diorite Country Rock; Veins Associated With Dike
Reporter:	Calder, Susan R.
hrock_unit:	Comanche Limestone
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Josephine Canyon Diorite
arock_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
Year first produced:	1925
yr_lst_prd:	1949
disc_yr:	1875
discr:	Padrez (?)
References:	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