The Gringo Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,321 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: 4,321 Feet (1,317 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.57167, -110.76972
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Gringo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gringo Mine
Secondary: Francis Group
Secondary: Temporal Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Ivanhoe 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1890-1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6% Pb, 4% Cu, 12 Oz/T Ag
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1890-1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.43 Oz/T Au, 0.5 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1893
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Quartz Fissure Veins; Andesite Is Cut By Steeply S-Dip Ping Sheeting Structures, Dipping About Parallel With Lode
Type: L
Description: Gold Is Uniformly Distributed In Vein But Generally Favors Footwal L And Is Only Rarely Found In Hanging Wall
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deeply Oxidized; Epidotized; Propylitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Kaolin
Comments
Comment (Location): ON S SIDE OF GRINGO GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): WORKED MAINLY FOR GOLD IN 1907-1908. MINOR PB-CU PRODUCTION IN 192 9-30 AND 1937
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE ARIZONA GOLD MINES & MILLING CO, (1907) ALTAMIRANO, RICHMOND, M. SANCHEZ; 9 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONTAINED MAINLY IN 2 VEINS THE GRINGO AND THE INDEPENDE NT WHICH EXTEND SEVERAL MILES; VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM 5-20 FT; GRIN GO VEIN ACCOMPANIED IN PLACES ON FOOTWALL BY A 7 FT DIKE WHICH CARRIES ALMOST SAME AMOUNT OF GOLD AS VEIN AND SEEMS TO BE A METASOMATIC REPL ACEMENT DEPOSIT IN WALL ROCK; INDEPENDENT VEIN IS ABOUT PARALLEL TO AN D 600 FT N OF GRINGO VEIN; WIDENS TO 40 FT WHERE JOINED BY SPUR VEINS; PROPERTY EXTENDS 4500 FT ON VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OPERATIONS
Comment (Geology): WULFENITE WITH NATIVE GOLD
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030418 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU 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): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, GRINGO MINE GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES, GRINGO GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, GRINGO MINE
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975, P. 89
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