Four Metals Mine

The Four Metals Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona.

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: Four Metals Mine
Secondary: Guajolote Lode
Secondary: Red Hill Crosscut
Secondary: Phoenix Claims
Secondary: Hillside Claims
Secondary: Red Mountain Mine
Secondary: Frisco
Secondary: Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum

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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: West Range Co. (Subsidiary Of Noranda Mines Inc.)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1861
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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, STRINGERS, LENSES, SEAMS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit Occurs In Stocklike Body Of Diorite Porphyry Which Forms Four Metals Hill And Intrudes Older Granodiorite

Type: L
Description: Sheeted, Shattered, Crushed Granodiorite; Fault Shear Zone 1200 Ft Wide

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Phyllic, Argillic

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 63.900000+-2.000000
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE TUNNEL OPERATIONS; IN 1907 RED HILL 712-FT LOWER CROSSCUT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN; 185 FT TUNNEL ON 5360 FT LEVEL; 600 FT TUNNEL ON 5400 FT LEVEL; 750 FT ADIT ON 5260 FT LEVEL; 1187 FT ADIT ON 5090 FT LEVEL; 140 FT HIGH RAISE BETWEEN 5260 AND 5400 FT LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030400 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): BRECCIA PIPE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ON 3 LEVELS AND WAS DRILLED BY THE WEST RANGE CO WHO PROVED 3 MILLION TONS OF 0.82% CU

Comment (Location): NEAR PROVIDENCIA CANYON ON SOUTH FLANK OF RED HILL. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): ONLY A FEW TONS OF PICKED ORE SHIPPED - 7% CU, 40 OZ/T AG, 0.1 OZ/ T AU

Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED CORONADO MINES INC, G. GROSS, FOUR METALS MINING CO, KINO COPPER CO; 33 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA PIPE IS 1200 BY 900 FT PLUNGING 55W; DEPOSIT OCCURS IN FORM OF SUBORDINATE VEINS, LENSES, STRINGERS, AND SEAMS IN FISSURES, JOINTS, SHEETING PLANES AND OTHER FRACTURES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA, STANTON B. KEITH.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, 1962, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF MICHIGAN.

Reference (Deposit): GRAYBEAL, 1972, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, FOUR METALS MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, FOUR METALS MINE.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GRAYBEAL, 1972, P. 40

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.

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

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