The Mary G Mine Group is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.67417, -111.31500
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Mary G Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary G Mine Group
Secondary: Mary E
Secondary: Princess Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Cerro Colorado District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: H. G. Worsley
Owner Name: Battle Ax Mining Co.
Home Office: Tucson, Ariz
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
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, LENSING
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Cutting Main Fault Include N 40 Deg E And N 60 Deg W, Northerly Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized, Propylitized, Drusy Quartz
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 100 YARDS FROM E. EDGE, SECTION 21. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPEN 1928-50, EXCEPTING 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1945. OPERATORS: L.A. ROBERTS (1949-1950), ACME MINING & DEVELOPMENT (1951). 1984-86: SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT, PILOT MILL TEST.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO CERRO COLORADO MINE, M050286. ; HR.AGE.MV: ANDESITE PORPHYRY
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 114.
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, R.E., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE MARY G MINE AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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