Mine detail: Flux Mines

Previously called 'Goshen Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.48847, -110.75485

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1855

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1884
Last production ended:	1963

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Mt. Wrightson Formation
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	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

References

MRDS	M899931
DEP	10048344
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.