The European Mine Group is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.46528, -110.76306
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European Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: European Mine Group
Secondary: Buena Vista Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1929
Time Period: 1913-1929
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 10% Cu, 4 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.1 Oz. Au Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared And Jointed Country Rock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite And Ore Minerals Largely Oxidized.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATIONS WITH GAUGE, QUARTZ AND BRECCIA.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND SHAFT OPERATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1971, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 73
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975.
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