The California Mine is a lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 31.495, -110.75472
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California Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1890-1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15% Pb, 6 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1920
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic, Limestone
Type: L
Description: Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite (?) And Granitic Aplite; Rhyolite Volcanics Are Crushed, Altered, And Silicified
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation To Depths Of 250 Ft; Pyrite Gossan At Surface
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 15% PB, 6 OZ/TON AG, MINOR CU AND AU
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SW SIDE OF ALUM GULCH, ON FLUX MINE FAULT. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED R.R RICHARDSON, W.P. WILSON, ALLISON BROTHERS, FLUX EXTENSION MINING CO., E.E. BETHEL; PROPERTY COMPRISES 3 PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DEPOSIT LOCATED ON FLUX LODE, IN MAIN N-S SHEAR ZONE; FLUX LODE HAS KNOWN EXTENT OF 1.5 MILES.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: FLUX MINE AND BLUE EAGLE MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDED A 250-FT CROSS CUT DRIVEN TO STRIKE ORE BODY AT DEPTH, SHAFT, AND ADIT
Comment (Geology): GENERAL STRUCTURE COMMON TO REGIONAL FORMATIONS IS A SHEETING WHICH DIPS 40 NNW
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS MAP I-762.
Reference (Deposit): KARTCHNER, WAYNE E., 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 82-84.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, CALIFORNIA MINE.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON R. KEITH.
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