Sheep Tanks Mine

The Sheep Tanks Mine is a gold and silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,300 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sheep Tanks Mine
Secondary: Resolution Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Sheep Tanks District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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.
Administrative Organization: Kofa Game Range

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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 MASSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: See Comments

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Galena

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1933, 3 CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Comment (Deposit): SHEEP TANKS MINES IS MADE UP OF FIVE MAJOR VEINS, THE RESOLUTION VEIN (WHICH IS THE MAIN ORE BODY), LOWER TUNNEL VEIN, SMYRNA VEIN, BLACK EAGLE VEIN, AND LEAD VEIN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THE SHEEP TANKS PROPERTY INCLUDE A TUNNEL SOME 1450 FEET LONG, THAT PENETRATES THE RIDGE SOUTH OF CAMP; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF BRANCH TUNNELS AND RAISES FROM THIS LEVEL; A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON LEVELS 170, 183, 200, 237, AND 243 FEET ABOVE THE LONG TUNNEL; SOME 225 FEET OF TUNNELS ON THE BLACK EAGLE CLAIM; AND MANY SHORT TUNNELS AND SHALLOW PITS

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10348 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 143.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1972, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1355, P. 82.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 132.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL REPORT 2, P. 70.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 133; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 144; A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.

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