The Dos Amigos Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.4175, -111.23833
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Dos Amigos Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dos Amigos Mine
Secondary: Daniels
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Legend Group Ltd.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IREGULAR, LENSING, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw- And Ne-Trending Fault Zone
Type: L
Description: Nw Quartz Vein; Dip 90sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION ALL IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE.
Comment (Geology): PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE DIKE TRENDS NE-SW AND DIPS 50-52 NW; CUTS THE SIDEWINDER QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKE AND THE QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF THE ORO BLANCO AREA MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND SHAFT OPERATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, DOS AMIGOS MINE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ET AL, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES : ABM. BULL. 137.
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