The New York Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,081 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: 4,081 Feet (1,244 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.93306, -110.72389
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New York Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York Mine
Secondary: Beechman
Secondary: Beuhman
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1900-1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6% Pb, 4% Cu, 20 Oz/T Ag
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: 30-70 Ft Shear Zone Trends N10-25w And Dips 40w And To The N Trends N50-80w And Dips 45-60n
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized; Silicated Garnetiferous Limestone; Strongly Altered Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RANGED 2-4% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR-QUARTZ VEINS AND LEAD ORES IN LIMESTONE-QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SPORADICALLY IN EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS AND 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): SCHRADER INDICATES QUARTZ DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050489 WITH RE CORD M000931 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): SOME FLUORITE CONTAINS SB.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 137-138.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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