Golden Rose Mine

The Golden Rose Mine is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Rose Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Greenwill-Arizona Mining Co.
Years: 1915 -

Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1915-1920
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27% Pb, 1.87% Cu, 23 Oz/T Ag, 0.02 Oz/T Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

Form: IRREGULAR, SHOOTS

Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W And Ne-Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed, M Ineralized Rock In Fault Fissure Cutting Quartz Monzonite

Type: L
Description: Ore Contained In Crudely Banded Gangue Of Quartz And Altered Rock Which Is More Or Less Porous And Honeycombed

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Is Strongly Altered; Diorite At Surface Is Weathered Dow N

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAID TO AVERAGE $12.50/T IN 1915

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON IN PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS; CORONADO NATIONAL FO REST; 1 MI NW OF BUENA VISTA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS ARE CONTAINED IN 16-20 FT LODE; ORE SHOOTS WITHIN LODE A VERAGE 3 FT WIDE

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS & TUNNELS 10-80 FT DEEP, A 100 FT SHAFT AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M001445 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, GOLDEN ROSE MINE

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