The Ox Bow Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.16889, -111.35306
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Ox Bow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ox Bow Mine
Secondary: Osborn Prospect
Secondary: Golden Wreath
Secondary: Others
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Saccuci, Pete
Years: 1973 -
Owner Name: Thorne, Clay
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1875
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tert Sediments Approximately 1 Mile S Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Oxbow Shaped Fault Fissure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $35-45 AG/ST.
Analytical Data: OXIDIZED ORE: $5-80 AU/ST
Materials
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Dioptase
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN RUNS N-S FOR MUCH OF ITS LENGTH BUT TURNS TOWARD THE EAST AT ITS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ENDS; VEIN SHOWS 5 ORE SHOOTS, AND NUMEROUS CROSS VEINLETS; THERE ARE ALSO PLACER DEPOSITS ON THE PROPERTY. VEIN WIDTHS VARY FROM 18 INCHES TO 6 FT. ORANGE-YELLOW SCALES ON A FRACTURE PLANE ASSOCIATED WITH CUPRODESCLOIZITE.
Comment (Workings): MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A 528 FT TUNNEL CUTTING THE VEIN ALONG ITS FULL LENGTH, A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT DOWN 200 FT WITH 40 FT OF DRIFTS, AND A 40 FT TUNNEL; THE MAIN TUNNEL CONTAINS 3 RAISES CONNECTING IT TO THE SURFACE AND 3 WINZES OF 110, 45 AND 145 FT; THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ON THE SURFACE
Comment (Geology): DIORITE HAS A UNIFORM TEXTURE, IS COARSE-GRAINED, AND IS CUT BY A COMPLEX SET OF DIKES AND FAULT FISSURES. SEE CONWAY THESIS (1976) FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS TC10279 AND TC00279 OF M.M. CARBONARO, M030443 OF J.A. PETERSON , AND D000076 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 7 MILES SOUTH OF PAYSON, AT THE HEAD OF OXBOW GULCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41 (1979)
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE ATLANTIS MINING COMPANY (1917), J. P. WALKER, W. E. MCCULES, A. M. PACKARD, P. J., C. W. AND P. H. HARRISON, ALVA BUCKLEY (1941); THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 18 CLAIMS, (2 PATENTED: OXBOW, AND GOLDEN WREATH)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1875-76
References
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN & WILSON, 1925, ARIZONA BUR MINES BULL 120, P. 37-41.
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN & WILSON, 1927, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. 10, NO. 19, P. 5-7, 12-14.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1355, P. 9.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOTY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
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