The Tiajuana Prospect is a silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.66861, -110.87306
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Tiajuana Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiajuana Prospect
Secondary: Santa Maria
Secondary: Santa Cruz
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall 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
Year: 1968
Time Period: 1870-1968
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15 Oz/T Ag, 3% Zn, 1% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1862
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vertical Sheeting And Slickensides Evidencing Vertical And Horizontal Movement
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S
Comment (Production): WORKED FOR SILVER CHLORIDES IN 1870'S; SPORADIC MINING THROUGH 1968.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE AJUANA MINING CO, WILSON, BEKINS
Comment (Workings): CUTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUT TUNNELS, AND SHAFTS IN 1915
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030410 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1972, USGS PP 748.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA
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