Mine detail: California Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

31.49514, -110.7554

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Hornblende
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	SPORADICALLY FROM 189 * TO 1920
First production started:	1910
Last production ended:	1920

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Mount Wrightson Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Northward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic, Limestone, Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite (?) And Granitic Aplite; Rhyolite Volcanics Are Crushed, Altered, And Silicified
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

References

MRDS	M899937
DEP	10048350
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, CALIFORNIA MINE.}{Deposit:: BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261.}{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 R. KEITH.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762.}{Deposit:: KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 82-84.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1975}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Calder, Susan R.