Holland Mine

The Holland Mine is a zinc, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 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

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Site Name

Primary: Holland Mine
Secondary: Part of Duquesne-Washington Group
Secondary: Nash Mines Group

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Secondary: Quartz

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rosario Exploration Co.
Years: 1973 -

Owner Name: Simplot Mining Co.
Years: 1970 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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: IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sed Iment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt

Type: L
Description: Post Ore Faulting Cuts Off Sulfides. Coarse Sheeting Or Jointing D Ips 25e

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ZN:CU=8, ZN:PB=2.1, AG:CU=5.9, PB:CU=3.8, AG:PH=1.6, ZN:AG=1.4

Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Grossularite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Tremolite

Comments

Comment (Production): WORKED EXTENSIVELY BEFORE 1900 FOR HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED PB-AG ORE

Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONES DIP 45-65W BETWEEN SURFACE AND 100 FT THEN ABRUPTLY BEC OME NEARLY VERTICAL BETWEEN 100-200 FT, WHEN THE SULFIDE ZONE THINS

Comment (Workings): SHAFT & OPEN CUT OPERATIONS: 4 INCLINED SHAFTS, 100 BY 40 FT OPEN CUT IN 1915

Comment (Geology): MOLYBDENITE APPEARS TO REPLACE CHALCOPYRITE & GALENA IN ISOLATED O CCURRENCES

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030397 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE HOLLAND SMELTING & MINING CO, B . COUGHLIN (1891), F.L. BARTLETT (1896), DUQUESNE MINING & REDUCTION C O. (1905-20?), CALLAHAN ZINC LEAD CO (1940-44), BYRD (1945-49), NASH M INES (1951-57), LUTTRELL AND PARTNERS, A.B. ELDER, E.W. MCFARLAND (195 2-57), CARL SANDBERG & FRED WILLIAMS (1964)

Comment (Location): ADJACENT ON SW TO DUDLEY MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Commodity): SOME OF THE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SHOW JAP TWINNING WITH "EARS" MORE THAN A FOOT LONG.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, HOLLAND MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, HOLLAND MINE.

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 293-300.

Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975; LEHMAN, 1978

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, HOLLAND MINE, DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO.

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN, 1978, PH. D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

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

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