Carrie Nation Mine

The Carrie Nation Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,450 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: Carrie Nation Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.69806, -110.87556

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Carrie Nation Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Carrie Nation Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Old Baldy 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

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: LENSING ORE SHOOTS


Structure

Type: R
Description: District Composed Of Various Intrusive Units And Mineralized Fault Systems

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Cuts Across Sheeting Structure Of Diorite And Stand About Vertical


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COPPER SAID TO AVERAGE 3%.


Materials

Ore: Specularite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE TRES ESTADOS MINING CO, SQUARE DEAL PROSPECT, C.W. CURRY (1915); LESSEES REPORTED TO HAVE OPENED MINE IN 1964

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF WEST FORK OF MADERA CANYON NEAR ITS HEAD. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): ABOUT 124 TONS OF ORE ON DUMP IN 1915.

Comment (Deposit): CARRIE NATION LEDGE IS SAID TO EXTEND EAST TO TOP OF JACK MOUNTAI N WHERE SQUARE DEAL MINE IS LOCATED ON SAME LEDGE.

Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT; IN 1915 A 240 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, 110 FT DRI FTS, 30 FT SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030416 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDEN M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.

Reference (Deposit): WHITACRE, 1964, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, CARRIE NATION MINE.


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