The Silver Spur Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.84917, -110.76750
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Silver Spur Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Spur Mine
Secondary: Old Frijole Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1877
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: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 24.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 187?
Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT. SHAFT WORKINGS.
Comment (Production): $70,000 IN SILVER ORE.
Comment (Development): OPERAOTRS INCLUDED D & P MINING CO., PETER LAUTERBACH
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS FAULT.
Comment (Geology): ORE GEN. IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.
Comment (Deposit): OLDEST PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER - 1915 - USGS BULL. 582
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,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.128.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
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