Jarillas Mine Group

The Jarillas Mine Group is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,239 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

Name: Jarillas Mine Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.43917, -110.80889

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Jarillas Mine Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Jarillas Mine Group
Secondary: Bullion


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto District


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1924
Time Period: 18??-1924
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^190 Oz/T Ag, 37% Pb, 0.1 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Gouge Borders N60e Fault, Faults Paralleling Dike


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Near Surface; Contacts Of Diorite And Quartz Monzonite Usually Marked By Broad Green Epidotized Belts


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Psilomelane


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)

Comment (Production): MINED SPORADICALLY BY MEXICANS FROM 1880 TO 1924. $5,000 GALENA SHIPPED IN 1904-1905. IT AVERAGED 40% PB, 175 OZ/T AG, 1OZ/T AU, AND MIN OR CU.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE STOCTON (1880-1886) GUSTILLER & CURTIS, LAS JARILLAS MINING CO, GROSS E.L. ISH (1904-1905); 2 PATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): 5 VERTICAL SHAFTS 40, 40, 70, 75, 125 FT DEEP IN 1915

Comment (Geology): LEAD MINERALIZATION INCREASES WITH DEPTH; WALL ROCK SEPARATED FROM VEIN FILLING BY GOUGE.SHOWING SLICKENSIDED SURFACES. SURFACE OXIDATION TO 70 FT DEPTH.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030393 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 693.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

Reference (Deposit): MOGER, 1969, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, JARILLA MINE GROUP.


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