Capote Mine

The Capote Mine is a silver mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 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

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Site Name

Primary: Capote Mine
Secondary: Stargo Group

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1908
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 EXTENSIONS

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 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: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED STARGO SYNDICATE, STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO, THE STARGO MINES CO (INC), DETROIT COPPER CO, L. FERBER

Comment (Deposit): CAPOTE MINE LOCATED ON CAPOTE VEIN WHICH IS 640 FT EAST OF THE MAIN STARGO VEIN. ONE OF 26 PATENTED CLAIMS OF THE STARGO MINES CO (INC); ALL CLAIMS TOTAL 520 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE WESTERNMOST ADIT IN NORTH HALF OF SW QUARTER OF SECTION 22; IN MORENCI GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Comment (Workings): PRODUCTION STATISTICS FOR CAPOTE WORKINGS AFTER THE YEAR 1908 MIGHT BE INCLUDED WITH THOSE FOR THE STARGO MINES; CAPOTE VEIN HAS BEEN OPENED FOR OVER ONE MILE IN LENGTH.

Comment (Geology): ALL VEINS ON STARGO PROPERTY ARE SIMILAR IN CHARACTER AND CONTENT. STARGO PROPERTY FISSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEXT TO MORENCI QUARTZ-MONZONITE PORPHYRY AREA.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALO: STARGO MINES, SILVER KING MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1925, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIV, P. 454-455, STARGO MINES INC AND STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO.

Reference (Deposit): BENNETT K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. IV, NO. 3, P. 34-35, 52-53, AUGUST 1920.

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43, SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

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