The Elevation Mine Group is a copper and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.52083, -110.72306
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Elevation Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elevation Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W And N-S Trending Faults In Tertiary Volcanics
Type: L
Description: Thick-Bedded, Very Fine-Grained Volcanics Associated With Red Mountain
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Andesite And Rhyolite Highly Altered; Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES FOR EARLY 1900'S AVERAGED 16%CU, 10% PB, 30 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NE SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 600-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, 50-FT SHAFT, 100 FT OF DRIFTS, 200 FT OF CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN 50-FT. SECTION OF GRAY-WHITE SOFT ALTERED ANDESEITE; WITHIN SHEAR ZONE, MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN 5 FT. BAND OF BRECCIA AND GOUGE
Comment (Geology): VOLCANIC ROCKS OF RED MOUNTAIN ARE HIGHLY ALTERED AND LOCALLY MINERALIZED
Comment (Development): NO AVAILABLE RECORDS OF DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1915; NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P.22
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 264-265
Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C, 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
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