The High Card Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,301 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: 3,301 Feet (1,006 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.97778, -111.84167
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High Card Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Card Mine
Secondary: Faro Bank Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME MO IN ASSAY
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN 1942 MRS HOLMES CLAIMED ABOUT 6 FT OF ORE RUNNING 1% OR BETTER M 002 WITH GOLD IN HANGING WALL. A LATER INDEPENDENT REPORT SAYS GOLD IS PRINCIPAL MINERAL AND MENTIONS NO OTHERS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030517 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ON PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY 1931-1940 A FEW TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 0.9 OZ/T AU, 1.5 OZ/T AG, MINOR CU, PB, ZN
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS & TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Deposit): BRYNER, 1959, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 156 P
Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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