The New York and Arizona Gold Mines is a silver mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,678 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: 4,678 Feet (1,426 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.07222, -109.40944
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New York and Arizona Gold Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York and Arizona Gold Mines
Secondary: Cansler Mine
Secondary: Buzzard Shadow Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cansler, D. M.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1901
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, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes; Alternating Sandstone And Shale Beds Form Irregular Areas Almost Entirely Surrounded By Morenci Granite Porphyry
Type: L
Description: Contact Deposits With General E-W Strike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Distinct Contact Metamorphic Zone Between Limestones And Porphyry Associated With A Hardening Of Sedimentary Layers And Substanital Development Of Epidote And Magnetite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.200000+-1.700000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 30 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 600 ACRES PLUS A 150-ACRE MILL SITE; PROPERTY INCLUDED 4 ORE BODIES OF WHICH THE BUZZARD SHADOW IS THE EASTERNMOST
Comment (Geology): GOLD OCCURS FREE AS WELL AS COMBINED IN CU AND FE SULFIDES; LONGFELLOW LIMESTONES ARE EXTENSIVELY EXPOSED IN THIS REGION; MORENCI PORPHYRY IS NOT MUCH ALTERRED BUT IS GREATLY DISINTEGRATED; PRINCIPAL REGIONAL PORPHYRITIC INTURSIONS PARALLEL PLANES OF SEDIMENTATION WHICH DIP 10-30 SW; REGIONAL FAULTING PRIOR TO INTRUSION AND MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): NORTH OF GOLD GULCH; CLAIMS COVER NW QUARTER OF SECTION 19; ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE ADIT NEAR UNNAMED GULCH DRAINING DIRECTLY INTO EAGLE CREEK AND BELOW BUZZARD'S SHADOW MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO, D.M. CANSLER, HARY CANSLER, G.I. PACE, HOME COPPER CO, JOHN C. MOLDER
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 3 TUNNELS (LENGHTS 100 FT, 450 FT, 600 FT) PLUS THE LILLIAN TUNNEL OF 1800 FT; 5 SHAFTS (INCLUDING THE 260 FT ARGENTINE SHAFT, 80 FT LOUISE SHAFT, 72 FT JENSEN SHAFT); SMALL STOPES AND PITS; WINZES TO 100 FT DEPTH; FREE MILLING GOLD ORE ON SURFACE
References
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, NEW YORK AND ARIZONA GROUP
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, H.J., 1912-1913, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL XI, PAGE 444, HOME COPPER CO
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, H.J., 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, VOL. X, PAGES 1293-1294, NEW YORK-ARIZONA GOLD AND COPPER CO.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43 (1905)
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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