Jackrabbit Mine

The Jackrabbit Mine is a silica and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,549 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

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Site Name

Primary: Jackrabbit Mine
Secondary: Jackrabbit Property
Secondary: Agwa
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Sahuarro
Secondary: Casa Grande Cu and Au Mining Co.
Secondary: Tuba City Co.
Secondary: Jack Rabbit Silica
Secondary: Agua
Secondary: Jackrabbit No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Silica
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Slate 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Tuba City Mining Co.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Ramone Andrade
Years: 1937 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1881
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Bedding Of Limestone: Ene Strike, 25 Nw Dip

Type: L
Description: Fault Contact With Andesite On S (Downthrown Side) And Limestone On N (Upthrown Side)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized, Silicified, Sericitized, Argillized

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Quartzite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE JOHN D. WALKER, W.C. SMITH AND JOHN MORAN (1890), CASA GRANDE COPPER AND GOLD MINING CO. (1892), TUBA CITY MINING AND MILLING CO. (1904), F. AND RAMONE ANDRADE (1935, 1937).

Comment (Deposit): MOSTLY VEINS, SOME SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VEIN MAY CONTINUE N AND S OF TERMINATING FAULTS.

Comment (Workings): 3 INCLINED SHAFTS. 1 VERTICAL SHAFT OF 420 FT. STOPING AT 165 FT, COMING OFF OF THE 3 INCLINED SHAFTS. EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND CROSS CUTTING AT 250 FT, COMING OFF OF 1 OF THE INCLINED SHAFTS. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Production): $1 MILLION PRODUCED IN 1883. SUBSEQUENTLY A FEW SACKS OF HIGH GRADE ORE PRODUCED TO 1912. QUARTZITE WAS PRODCUED FOR COPPER SMELTER FLUX.

References

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): HAMMER, 1961; PHILLIPS, 1987.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HAMMER, DONALD F., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JACKRABBIT AREA, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZ., M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ, P. 89-100.

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