Christmas Gift Mine

The Christmas Gift Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 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: Christmas Gift Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.60778, -112.04833

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Christmas Gift Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Christmas Gift Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Year Last Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Fault Exposed West Of Mine


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Lead
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1880'S WAS $50,000. SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE CHRISTMAS GIFT MAY BE INCLUDED IN DATA FOR REWARD MINE

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE AT OR NEAR CONTACTS WITH DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS: ACME NO. 1 THRU 4 (MS 4302) COVER AREA OF CHRISTMAS GIFT CLAIM; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE EALS AND CHAMBERLAIN AND A MRS DREW

Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 27,28,32


References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 552

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934 P.11-12

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P 336

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF931


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