The Meadow Valley Mine is a silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.51, -110.58444
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Meadow Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Valley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vein Is Continuous Along Porphyry-Andesite Contact But Contains No Metallic Minerals
Type: L
Description: Siliceous Belts Along Faults Are In Places Stained With Copper Carbonates
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Porphyry Dike Is Argillized; Accompanying Volcanic Sediments Are Silicified
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 72.100000+-3.000000
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 72.100000+-3.000000
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 42 OZ/TON AG FOUND 4 FT. BELOW SURFACE (EARLY 1900'S)
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ABOVE 70-FT LEVEL, VEIN QUARTZ IS BROKEN BY SMALL JOINTS AND SEAMS, SOME OF WHICH, ESPECIALLY NEXT TO HANGING OR NORTH WALL, ARE COATED WITH CERARGYRITE
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN UPPER PART OF MEADOW VALLEY FLAT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED OLSEN (1915)
Comment (Deposit): MINES: BANNER, BELLAFONTAINE, BEN FRANKLIN, CALIFORNIA CONSOLIDATED QUARTZ, CANADA HILL, CHAMPION, CINCINNATI, CROWN POINT, EMPIRE WEST, FEDERAL LOAN, GOLDEN GATE, HAGE, HARTERY, MASSACHUSETTS, MONTANA, NORMANDIE, NORTH STAR, OMAHA, PRUDENTIAL, UNION HILL, W.Y.O.D., WISCONSIN {EMPIRE, IDAHO-MARYLAND,?GOLDEN CENTER,, GOLDEN CENTER (DROMEDARY)?}AJAX, ALASKA, ALCADE, ALLISON RANCH, ALPHA, VELLA UNION, BIG DIAMOND, BLACK HAWK, BOW, BOUNDARY, BUENA VISTA, BULLION, CASSIDY, CENTENNIAL, CHERANNE, COE, CONLAN, DAISY HILL, DAKOTA, DIAMOND, EAST STAR, EMPIRE-STAR GRP., EMPRESS, EUREKA, HASTON GENERAL GRANT, GLADSTONE, GOLDEN TREASURE, GOLD HILL, GOLD POINT, GOODALL, GRANITE HILL, GRANT, HEUSTON, HOMEWARD BOUND, HOUSTON HILL, IDAHO, INDEPENDENCE, INKMARQUE, KATE HAYES, LARIMER, LE DUC, LONE JACK, MAGENTA, MARY ANN, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS HILL, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW EUREKA, NEW HOMEWARD BOUND, NEW YORK, NEW YORK HILL, NORMANDY-DULMAINE, NORTHERN BELL, NORUMBAGNA, OAKLAND, OLD BRUNSWICK, OLD EUREKA,
Comment (Deposit): OLD HOMEWARD BOUND, ORLEANS, OSBORNE HILL, PEABODY, PENNSYLVANIA, PHOENIX, POLAR STAR, PRESCOTT HILL, REPUBLIC, REWARD, RICH HILL, ROCKY BAR, ROSE HILL, SCOTIA, SEBASTOPOL. SOUTH IDAHO, SPRING HILL, STOCKTON HILL, ST. JOHN SULTANA, SYNDICATE, TELERAPH, WISCONSIN, WYOMING
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY LOCATED ON 2 SYSTEMS OF JOINTS OR FAULTS WHICH STRIKE N80E AND N65W RESPECTIVELY
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE 70-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 30-FT INCLINE AT THE BOTTOM; 2 OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Commodity): GALENA COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD.
Comment (Development): PLACER GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE AREA, GOLD BEARING QUARTZ DISCOVERED IN 1850.
Comment (Deposit): TWO MAJOR GROUPS OF VEINS: GRANODIORITE-GREENSTONE AREA STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS GENTLY TO THE EAST OR WEST. SERPENTINE-AMPHIBOLITE AREA STRIKES NORTH-WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. VEINS: 1-10 FT THICK, INCLINING AS MUCH AS 10,000 FT DEEP
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.18
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP ANDSECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MEADOW VALLEY MINE
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 243-244
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