The Juniper Flats Area Mines is a silica, gold, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silica, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.49556, -109.96056
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Juniper Flats Area Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Juniper Flats Area Mines
Secondary: Hancock-Daly
Secondary: Sure Thing
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Juniper Flats 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: Juniper Flats Gold Mng. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME 600 TONS PRODUCED MAINLY AS SMELTER FLUX IN 1914-1918, 1926, 1938, AND 1941.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY AND GENERALLY WEAK, OXIDIZED AND SILICEOUS ORE MINERALIZATION IN IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187.
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