Franklin Deposit

The Franklin Deposit is a silver, gold, copper, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona.

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

Name: Franklin Deposit  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.39361, -111.24083

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Franklin Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Franklin Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

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Structure

Type: L
Description: Complex Faulting


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): IF ANY PRODUCTION VERY SMALL.

Comment (Deposit): MINE NOT DESCRIBED IN THE REFERENCES, ONLY NAMED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): THERE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECT AND MINE SYMBOLS NEAR RUBY TO THE N AND S, BUT THEY ARE NOT LABELED. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): DEVELOPED 1894


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, FRANKLIN.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 137, P. 188.


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