Silver Spur Mine

The Silver Spur Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: Silver Spur Mine
Secondary: Old Frijole Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1877
Discovery Method: 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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 24.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 187?

Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT. SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comment (Production): $70,000 IN SILVER ORE.

Comment (Development): OPERAOTRS INCLUDED D & P MINING CO., PETER LAUTERBACH

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS FAULT.

Comment (Geology): ORE GEN. IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Comment (Deposit): OLDEST PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER - 1915 - USGS BULL. 582

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

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO 2

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.128.

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

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