The Stargo Mines is a gold and silver mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.05, -109.35944
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Stargo Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stargo Mines
Secondary: Craig
Secondary: Nevada
Secondary: Stargo Extension
Secondary: Stargo Silver Belt
Secondary: Silver Mohawk
Secondary: Capote
Secondary: Silverlead Mine
Secondary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1890
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: NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXPANSIONS
Structure
Type: R
Description: N-S Trending Fissures Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting
Type: L
Description: Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTRAL POINT IN TOWN OF STARGO WAS USED FOR UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION COORDINATES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Workings): ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO MINE; WORKINGS INCLUDE HOISTS WITH MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 150 FT, 3 WORKING SHAFTS, 75 TON CAPACITY CYANIDE MILL, EXTENSIVE SURFACE MINING
Comment (Geology): ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO VEIN; ALL VEINS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER AND CONTENT; STARGO PROPERTY FISSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEXT TO MORENCI QUARTZ-MONZONITE PORPHYRY AREA
Comment (Deposit): 26 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 520 ACRES; 8 KNOWN VEINS ON STARGO PROPERTY OF WHICH THE STARGO VEIN IS THE MAIN DEPOSIT; ABOVE DESCRIBES STARGO VEIN DEPOSIT; MAXIMUM LENGTH DATA DESCRIBES SURFACE EXPOSURE WHILE LENGTH UNDERGROUND MAY EXCEED 1.0 MILE
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSIVE SURFACE MINING WAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN ALONG THE TRIANGLE, CAPOTE, AND CRAIG VEINS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO, STARGO SYNDICATE, GEORGE W. SCHALE, PEDRO FUENTES, JOSE E. TELLEZ, IGNACIO CAMPBELL AND SONS, THE STARGO MINES CO (INC), DETROIT COPPER CO
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVI, PAGES 454 TO 455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO
Reference (Deposit): WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, AUGUST 1920
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MAPS 842 AND 841
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