Ox Bow Mine

The Ox Bow Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 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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