Mine detail: New York and Arizona Gold Mines

Previously called 'Cansler MineBuzzard Shadow Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.07232, -109.41009

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Manganese
Gangue:	Epidote, Limonite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1921
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Longfellow Limestone;Morenci Shale
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Morenci Granite Porphyry;Coronado Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry, Contact Deposits With General E-W Strike
Tectonic:	Gold Gulch Fault Block; Precipitous Gully Terrain
Alteration processes:	Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substanital Development Of Epidote And Magnetite

References

MRDS	M800402
DEP	10109873
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 43 (1905)}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, PAGES 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.}{Deposit:: STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL XI, PAGE 444, HOME COPPER CO}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GROUP}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.