Juniper Flats Area Mines

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

Name: Juniper Flats Area Mines  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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