Mt. Jackson Mine

The Mt. Jackson Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Graham 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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Site Name

Primary: Mt. Jackson Mine
Secondary: Rhodes Spar

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Rhodes Brothers
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidotization, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2.4% FE
Analytical Data: 27% SIO2
Analytical Data: 3.4% CACO3
Analytical Data: 67% CAF2

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Commodity): PURPLE AND GREEN FLUORSPAR.

Comment (Deposit): HYDROTHERMAL VEINS, OPEN SPACE FILLING. LATE TERT. VEINS ASSOC. WITH LATE TERT. FAULTING.

References

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL FILES, PHILIP BLACET

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

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