New York Mine

The New York Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,449 feet.

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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: New York Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 31.38167, -110.69389

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New York Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: New York Mine
Secondary: Poole Group
Secondary: Ohio Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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: De La Ossa, Alex
Years: 1954 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1878
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt

Type: L
Description: Deposits Near A Dike-Like Intrusion Of Tertiary Biotite-Hornblende Granodiorite


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified And Pyrometasomatized Limestone


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Permian

Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 9% PB, 4% ZN, 2% CU, 7OZ./TON AG


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GARNET ZONE NOT DEVELOPED HERE AS AT MOST OF OTHER MINES IN AREA

Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS, NOW CAVED, EXTENDED TO DEPTH OF MORE THAN 200 FT.; SHAFT AND TUNNEL OPERATIONS

Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED PRIDE OF THE WEST CO. (1905), DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO. (1906-1919), EVERETT (1922-23), CALLAHAN ZINC LEAD CO. (1941-44), BYRD (1945-46), BRACEY CURTIS ESTATE, TOM GARDNER


References

Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, NEW YORK MINE

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300 11) BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, NEW YORK MINE

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 342

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 79

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, KANSAS MINE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762


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