The Carrie Nation Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,450 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: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.69806, -110.87556
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Carrie Nation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carrie Nation Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Old Baldy 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: LENSING ORE SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: District Composed Of Various Intrusive Units And Mineralized Fault Systems
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Cuts Across Sheeting Structure Of Diorite And Stand About Vertical
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: COPPER SAID TO AVERAGE 3%.
Materials
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE TRES ESTADOS MINING CO, SQUARE DEAL PROSPECT, C.W. CURRY (1915); LESSEES REPORTED TO HAVE OPENED MINE IN 1964
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF WEST FORK OF MADERA CANYON NEAR ITS HEAD. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): ABOUT 124 TONS OF ORE ON DUMP IN 1915.
Comment (Deposit): CARRIE NATION LEDGE IS SAID TO EXTEND EAST TO TOP OF JACK MOUNTAI N WHERE SQUARE DEAL MINE IS LOCATED ON SAME LEDGE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT; IN 1915 A 240 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, 110 FT DRI FTS, 30 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030416 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDEN M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ABM BULL 191.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614.
Reference (Deposit): WHITACRE, 1964, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, CARRIE NATION MINE.
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