The Morning and Evening Mine Group is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona.
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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
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Morning and Evening Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morning and Evening Mine Group
Secondary: Morning and Evening Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Pajarito 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
Owner Name: W. B. Kimmel
Years: 1927 - 1930
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1800-1930
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 200 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 22 % Pb, And Minor Au And Cu.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Year Last Production: 1930
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, LENSING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marcastte To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT, ADIT, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN POCKETS, LARGELY OXIDIZED. ORE IS FOUND ONLY WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGES OF MOSTLY SILVER, LEAD, WITH BYPRODUCT COPPER & GOLD, LATE 1920'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1973.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #20 - MORNING MINE.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, F.S., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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