| Location: | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 31.48847, -110.75485 |
| dep_id: | 10048344 |
| mrds_id: | M899931 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Copper, Silver, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 250 Ft; Pyrite Gossan At Surface; Chloritic, Silicic, And Propylitic Wall Rock Alteration; Limestone Is Highly Crystalline, Crus Hed, Brecciated And Altered |
| conc_proc: | Secondary Enrichment Along Brecciated Zones, Following Intrusion Of Rhyolite |
| ore_ctrl: | Complex Fault System; Ore Mainly Occurs In N-S Trending Shear Zone Or Lode (The Flux Lode); Lode Narrows With Depth |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Mt. Wrightson Formation |
| arock_type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Nw Trending Harshaw Creek Fault (N30w); General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40nnw; Jurassic-Triassic Volcanics Contain Isolated Blocks Of Late Paleozoic Limestone With Some Associated Conglomerate And Shale, E-W Trending Aplite Dike Intruding Volcanic Country Rock |
| tectonic: | Alum Gulch Fault Block; Complex Fault Systems Associated With Harshaw Creek Fault |
| Year first produced: | 1884 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1963 |
| disc_yr: | 1855 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: USBM FILES, FLUX MINE
- Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 258-263
- 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, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E
- Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Deposit:: KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 58
- Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, FLUX MINE
- Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, FLUX MINE
- 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.82-84
- Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929 HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 309-310
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