The Socorro Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,100 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: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.745, -113.46944
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Socorro Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Socorro Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George Campbell Jr.
Home Office: Salome, Az.
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: LENSING, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting Has Taken Place On A Large Scale
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 22.500000+-2.500000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 375 FT WITH 2300 FEET OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): OVERTHRUST FAULTS IN DISTRICT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 MY IN AGE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE HARQUAHALA MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S THROUGH 1960; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE SOCORRO MINES, INC., SOCORRO GOLD CO., GILBERT AND SCHMIDT, R.A. SALISBURY, DEATH VALLEY ARC., CARL LUDWIGS (1974).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 111.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 140, P. 104.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104 (9) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 131.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
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