The Farmer Mine is a gold, lead, and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.39528, -110.92667
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Farmer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Farmer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Nogales District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Farmer And Wolfe
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Numerous Nw-Trending (Aplite) Dikes; Major Fault Trending N-S
Type: L
Description: Pyritized Lamprophyric Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): NO FIGURES. HAS PRODUCED GOLD. $1000.00 RFC LOAN APPROVAL DENIED. 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED .10CU., 0.90 CU., 1.02 PB AND .02 AU, .10CU, 0.14 PB. NO EVIDENCE FOR ENRICHMENT OF DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CASH VEINS IN DEEPLY ERODED BATHOLITH.
References
Reference (Deposit): RFC B-391.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #30 - FARMER.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000).
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Arizona Gold
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