The Jarillas Mine Group is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,239 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.43917, -110.80889
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Jarillas Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jarillas Mine Group
Secondary: Bullion
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1924
Time Period: 18??-1924
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^190 Oz/T Ag, 37% Pb, 0.1 Oz/T Au, Minor Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Gouge Borders N60e Fault, Faults Paralleling Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Near Surface; Contacts Of Diorite And Quartz Monzonite Usually Marked By Broad Green Epidotized Belts
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)
Comment (Production): MINED SPORADICALLY BY MEXICANS FROM 1880 TO 1924. $5,000 GALENA SHIPPED IN 1904-1905. IT AVERAGED 40% PB, 175 OZ/T AG, 1OZ/T AU, AND MIN OR CU.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE STOCTON (1880-1886) GUSTILLER & CURTIS, LAS JARILLAS MINING CO, GROSS E.L. ISH (1904-1905); 2 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 5 VERTICAL SHAFTS 40, 40, 70, 75, 125 FT DEEP IN 1915
Comment (Geology): LEAD MINERALIZATION INCREASES WITH DEPTH; WALL ROCK SEPARATED FROM VEIN FILLING BY GOUGE.SHOWING SLICKENSIDED SURFACES. SURFACE OXIDATION TO 70 FT DEPTH.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030393 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 693.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): MOGER, 1969, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, JARILLA MINE GROUP.
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