The Elephant Head Group is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.71, -110.92389
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Elephant Head Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elephant Head Group
Secondary: Quantrell
Secondary: Eureka Mines
Secondary: Tremaine-Daniels Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1914
Time Period: 1900-1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 3 Oz/Tag, Minor Cu, Zn, Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Dikes In Madera-Agua Caliente Canyons, Dikes Range In Composition From Rhyolite To Diorite
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Chino Fault In Shear Zone At Head Of Chino Canyon; Fault Strikes N75e, Dips 835 And Offsets Rhyolite Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized; Granite Stained By Iron And Copper Carbonates
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 68.000000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Age Old: Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 26.000000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 40.000000+-
Dating Method: Pb-Alpha
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030413 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): SULFIDES IREGNATE GRANITE VERY NEAR SURFACE.
Comment (Deposit): ON EUREKA CLAIM AT N END OF GROUP, AN 18 IN. QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE DIPS 80N, QUANTRELL CLAIM AT S END OF GROUP IS LOCATED ON A 25 FT BELT OF ALTERED SERICITIZED GRANITE ASSOCIATED WITH A 20 FT PORPHYRY DI KE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND 1500 FT TUNNEL, SHAFT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): WORKED IN EARLY 1900'S AND IN 1913-1914.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLE POWERS AND STOCTON, GARRETT AND PARKS, NEW STATE MINING CO, ELEPHANT HEAD MINIO; 26 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, ELEPHANT HEAD GROUP.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, ELEPHANT HEAD GROUP.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ, ABM, P. 319.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975
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