The San Juan Mine is a zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,496 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: 6,496 Feet (1,980 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.8831, -109.98250
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San Juan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Juan Mine
Secondary: Sulphide Adit
Secondary: Silver Adit
Secondary: Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit
Secondary: Gordon
Secondary: Mann Adit
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Middle Pass 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: Jonathan Gordon Operations, Inc.
Info Year: 1951
Production
Year: 1968
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 165 Mt
Year: 1952
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 328 Mt
Year: 1949
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 5000 Mt
Year: 1948
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 2349 Mt
Year: 1925
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 44 Mt
Year: 1913
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 63 Mt
Year: 1951
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 1995 Mt
Year: 1947
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 3600 Mt
Year: 1915
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 71 Mt
Year: 1964
Description: Zinc-Silver Ore 140 Mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPEN ADITS POSE HUMAN HAZARDS; SUBSIDENCE PROBLEMS EXIST WITH ONE STOPE OPEN TO SURFACE.
Comment (Names): INCLUDES EXPLORATION WORKINGS TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST, AND ADITS OF THE SAN JUAN GROUP, INCLUDING THE CAVE, COPPER, BURRO, DISSEMINATED, BLENDE, AND MISTLETOE ADITS.
Comment (Production): AN ESTIMATED 1300 MT OF ZINC WAS PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHATMAN, M. L., 1993, USBM OFR MLA 30-93, P. 26-28, D60-73.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1973, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 69.
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, C. P., 1913, UNPUB. NOTES ON SAN JUAN GROUP, AVAIL.
Reference (Deposit): AT CO. SCHOOL OF MINES LIBRARY, P. 1.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1951, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 158, P. 20-23.
Reference (Deposit): VOELZEL, C. W., 1942, UNPUB. USBM REPORT ON DRAGOON ZINC
Reference (Deposit): RECONN., P. 8, 11.
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