The Blue Eagle Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,377 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: 4,377 Feet (1,334 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.49222, -110.75611
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Blue Eagle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Eagle Mine
Secondary: Blue Eagle and Exposed Reef Group
Secondary: Blue Eagle 1 and 2 Claims
Secondary: Hillside Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1897
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Harshaw Creek Fault (N30w); General Structure Common To Regional Formations Is A Sheeting Which Dips 40nnw
Type: L
Description: Sedimentary Rocks Are Locally Intruded By Quartz Monzonite(?) And Granitic Aplite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritic Gossan Capping Deposit; Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite; Propylitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EARLY 1900'S ASSAY VALUES AVERAGED 18.5% CU, 17 OZ/TON AG, $1.50/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sulfur
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT IN WIDTH; ASSOCIATED 8-FT WIDE VEIN CARRIES RICH BLACKCOPPER ORE
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SW SIDE OF ALUM GULCH; EXPOSED REEF MINE LOCATED 1/2 MILE TO NE, ON NORTH SIDE OF ALUM GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = NOGALES (1958) 1:625000
Comment (Commodity): SOME OXIDIZED ORES ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES AT SURFACE
Comment (Development): MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 2.5 FT IN WIDTH; ASSOCIATED 8 FT SIDE VEIN CARRIES RICH BLACK COPPER ORE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 240-FT TUNNEL ON VEIN, 50-FT WINZE, 40 FT OF RASISES AND CROSSCUTS; MAIN WORKINGS IN THE HILLSIDE COPPER MINE AND BLUE EAGLE NO.2 CLAIM
Comment (Geology): VOLCANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONSIST OF GREENISH-BROWN TUFFACEOUS SILTSTONE AND SHALE; SANDSTONES IN REGION ARE LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO:FLUX MINE, EXPOSED REEF GROUP FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BLUE EAGLE GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
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): MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582 P. 257-258
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, EXPOSED REEF AND BLUE EAGLE GROUPS
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