The Southern Cross Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.51444, -113.33000
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Mine Description
The Southern Cross Mine, in the southwestern part of the Eureka district, south of Grayback Mountain, is accessible by 4 1/2 miles of road that branches southward from the Kingman road at a point 28 miles from Hillside. This deposit was opened by shallow workings more than thirty years ago. During the first few months of 1934, the present owner, R. L. Gray, shipped from the property about 55 tons of ore that is reported to have contained from 0.75 to 1.0 ounce of gold per ton.
The vein strikes northward, dips from l5° E. to almost flat, and occurs in vertical mica schist. It's gangue is coarse-textured, massive, grayish-white quartz with fractures and small cavities filled with limonite and sparse copper carbonate. The Walls show marked sericitization and limonite staining.
Underground workings include a inclined shaft that passes through the vein, and two short, near-Surface drifts with small stopes on the vein. As shown by these workings, the Vein is lenticular and ranges from a thin seam up to 4 feet in thickness.
Text from Arizona Lode Gold Mines and Gold Mining, Arizona Bureau of Mines. Original 1934, revised 1967
Southern Cross Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Cross Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Crosby District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Thompson, T. E., Grey, C. C.
Owner Name: R. L. Gray (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Minor Foliation In Schist Trends Ne; Igneous Rocks Massive
Type: L
Description: Veins Often Are Low-Angle, Dipping Less Than 40 Degrees
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR BLAND MINE
Comment (Workings): 70 FT INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS LOW-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS MAY BE PRESENT LOCALLY ALONG QUARTZ VEINS OR MAY BE ABSENT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137 P. 27
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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