The Honey Dew Group is a gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.2025, -109.60667
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Honey Dew Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honey Dew Group
Secondary: Silver Cave
Secondary: Silver Cave South
Secondary: Silver Dike
Secondary: Gold Spot
Secondary: Gold Nugget
Secondary: Silver Peak
Secondary: New Era
Secondary: White Oaks
Secondary: Robinson and Hately Properties.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Mascot 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robinson And Hately Properties
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphosed Shale
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Lead
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS, 1932, E.H. AND C.B. WHITE
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
Comment (Location): CENTER SEC 20 UTM EST.
Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN LATE 1880'S AND ABOUT 300 TONS INTERMITTENTLY IN 1916, 1932-35 AND 1941.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN LENSING QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS ALONG A FAULT FISSURE ZONE CUTTING METAMORPHOSED SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 61
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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