| Location: | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 31.52514, -110.71789 |
| dep_id: | 10048348 |
| mrds_id: | M899935 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Silver, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Zinc, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 400 Ft. |
| conc_proc: | Secondary Enrichment Along Fissure Veins In Shear Zone; Intense Surface Leaching |
| ore_ctrl: | Nw- Trending Fissure Veins In 50-75 Ft Wide Leached Zone |
| Reporter: | Calder, Susan R. |
| hrock_type: | Andesite |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite,Granite |
| Structure: | E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Teritiary Volcanics, Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain |
| tectonic: | Red Mountain Fault Block; Downthrow To North |
| Year first produced: | 1890 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1938 |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| discr: | Frank Lamonte (?) |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
- Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, GYPSY MINE
- Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULL, 582, P. 265
- Deposit:: KEITH STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57
- Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 22.
- 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:: USBM FILES, CHRISTMAS GIFT MINE
- Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, BLAND MINE
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