The Blue Jay Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.87556, -110.79333
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Blue Jay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jay Mine
Secondary: Good Friday
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1881-1939
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^21 Oz Ag/Ton, 1 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type: L
Description: Dikes Appear To Follow Thrust Fault Scarp Between Limestone And Underlying Granodiorite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME COPPER STAIN.
Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SECTINN 12.
Comment (Development): ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT-HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION AT OR NEAR CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GRANITIC INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF SHAFT AS OF NOV 1934 WAS 150 FT
Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000789 (ELLIOT, JAMES E.) WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974,ABM BULLETIN 189, P.124.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER USGS BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES USGS MAP I-613.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDS - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH,S.B.,1974.
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