The Choctaw Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 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: 4,049 Feet (1,234 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.49389, -111.26944
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Choctaw Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Choctaw Mine
Secondary: Noon
Secondary: Anderson
Secondary: Fickett
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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: 1950
Time Period: 1948-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 7 % Each In Pb And Zn, 5 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And Minor Cu And Au.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1893
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting.
Type: L
Description: Mine Is On A Major Nw-Trending Fault; Quartz Veins In Region Trend Ne-Sw And E-W, Dipping 30n And 73se, Respectively
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLING IN 1940 SHOWED AVERAGES OF .01 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 7.6% ZN.
Analytical Data: 7.5% PB
Analytical Data: 4.1 OZ TON AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION IN GROUP OF QUARTZ VEINS (FILLING FRACTURES?) THAT INTERSECT EACH OTHER AT SMALL ANGLES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): YEEND, WARREN, 1973.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 63.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KNIGHT, 1970; KEITH, 1975
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