The Santa Rita Group is a gold and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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Santa Rita Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Rita Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Greaterville 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
Owner Name: J. Christenson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Method: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DISTRICT GEOLOGY DESCRIBED, SPECIFIC MINE NOT DESCRIBED IN ABGMT 189. FOUND IN EITHER PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE OR CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS QUARTZ LATITE DIKES IN AREA
Comment (Location): ASSUMED CENTER OF SW 1/4 SECTION 33, MILS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): TWO TONS, ONE YEAR PLACER MINE OPERATING ON SAME SITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 120
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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