The Blue Nose Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.44778, -110.73278
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Blue Nose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Nose Mine
Secondary: Blue Nose Extension
Secondary: Abe Lincoln
Secondary: Big Chief
Secondary: Big Jim
Secondary: War Horse
Secondary: Home Again Virginia Hay Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Virginia Hay (?-
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1880
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: POCKETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Blue Nose Fault
Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Forms Intrusive Sheets In Limestone; Vein Parallels Dip Of Enclosing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Highly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES (MID-1900'S) AVERAGED 22% PB, 28% ZN, 60 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Epsomite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED R.R. RICHARDSON AND NEIL MCDONALD; POWERS; ARIZONA PATAGONIA SILVER MINING CO., HOGAN; BIG JIM MINES, INC ; RUPERT BEYERLE; R.L. BROWN; CALUMET AND ARIZONA CO., TOM FARRELL; AL FREDO VALENZUELA; M.F. JONES (OWNER-1944); M.A. HOOVER AND CAPTAIN COY ; H.C. HERRICK; LOUIS VERDUGO; PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DIP ABOUT 40 NW AND ARE SLICED BY A PROMINENT SHEETING THAT DIPS 80 SE; MOST ORE OCCURS IN DIPPER-SHAPED BODY.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED VERTICAL SHAFT OVER 200 FT DEEP, 1 ADIT 80 FT. LONG/SHOWING NARROW STRINGERS OF MANGANESE), 100-FT LONG ADIT, 2 MINE DUMPS AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, 3000 FT OF SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): BISBEE FORMATION IS COMMONLY HORNFELSED AND PORPHYRITIC
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARSHAW CREEK, 0.75 MILE WNW OF AMERICAN PEAK. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO; AMERICAN MINE (ALSO OWNED BY VIRGINIA HAY); TRENCH MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 312.
Reference (Deposit): KARTCHNER, WAYNE E. 1944, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: PHD THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 94-95.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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): 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 B. KEITH.
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. 3.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BIG JIM MINE, BLUE NOSE MINE ABE LINCOLN MINE.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 278-279.
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): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BIG JIM MINE.
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