The Idaho Mine Group is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,150 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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.46361, -111.24111
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Idaho Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho Mine Group
Secondary: Arizona Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
Owner Name: Mrs. Rita M. Sheehy
Years: 1964 -
Owner Name: Arivaca Mining Co. - Leased 4 Claims
Home Office: 407 Nash Bldg, Austin, Tx.
Years: 1964 -
Production
Year: 1968
Time Period: 1910-1968
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 3 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 2% Pb, 1% Zn, 0.3 % Cu, And Minor Au.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1922
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: L
Description: Prominent Ne-Trending Mineralized-Zone Croppings Along Large Fault Plane
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Py-Cp-Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED 3 OZ/TON AG, 2% PB, 1% ZN, 0.3% CACO3 U, MINOR AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): PROPERTY COMPRISES 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND TUNNEL OPERATIONS.
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP AND RANGE UNSURVEYED. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, ARIZONA GROUP.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): WARREN AND LOOFBOUROW, 1932, MONTANA AND IDAHO MINES: ECON. GEOL., V. 27, NO. 6.
Reference (Deposit): FOWLER, G.M. 1951, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: ABM BULL. 158.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H. JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
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