The Wandering Jew Mine Group is a lead and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.6222, -110.86670
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Wandering Jew Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wandering Jew Mine Group
Secondary: Wandering Jew Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims In Group: Three
Secondary: Stars, Old Fort Tumacacori,
Secondary: Little Chief, Apache Chief,
Secondary: Lulley Bros., Mark Lulley Springs
Secondary: Patented Claims May Have Been
Secondary: Included In Apache And/Or
Secondary: Bohlinger Mines.
Secondary: Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Secondary: Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Other
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: O'Keefe; Headley
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Verfuth And Co; Henderson; Laguna; Beardsley And Co
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1900-1951
Description: 1900-1951 11% Pb, 3 Oz/T Ag, + Cu & Au 1700 Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BILL 191 P 88
Reference (Deposit): AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY
Reference (Deposit): USBM FIELD NOTES PB25
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P203
Reference (Deposit): ADMR GEORGE WILKINS FILE
Reference (Deposit): W H WEED, 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIII, P. 503.
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