Mine detail: Blue Nose Mine

Previously called 'Blue Nose ExtensionAbe LincolnBig ChiefBig JimWar HorseHome Again Virginia Hay Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.44792, -110.73345

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Epsomite, Gypsum
Orebody form:	POCKETS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1884
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Bisbee Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
Associated type:	Slate,Rhyolite
Structure:	Nw-Trending Blue Nose Fault, Rhyolite Forms Intrusive Sheets In Limestone; Vein Parallels Dip Of Enclosing
Tectonic:	Ux Ranch Fault Block, Bounded On East By Harshaw Creek Fault And On West By Blue Nose Fault; Apparent Left-Lateral Slip In Relation To Harshaw Creek Fault And American Mine Fault Block Is 4-5 Miles
Alteration processes:	Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Highly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite

References

MRDS	M899940
DEP	10048353
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 278-279.}{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:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BIG JIM MINE.}{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. 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. 3.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BIG JIM MINE, BLUE NOSE MINE ABE LINCOLN MINE.}{Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 312.}{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. 94-95.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R., Orris, Greta J.