The Christmas Gift Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.60778, -112.04833
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Christmas Gift Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Christmas Gift Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Year Last Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Fault Exposed West Of Mine
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1880'S WAS $50,000. SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE CHRISTMAS GIFT MAY BE INCLUDED IN DATA FOR REWARD MINE
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE AT OR NEAR CONTACTS WITH DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS: ACME NO. 1 THRU 4 (MS 4302) COVER AREA OF CHRISTMAS GIFT CLAIM; PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE EALS AND CHAMBERLAIN AND A MRS DREW
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 27,28,32
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 552
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934 P.11-12
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P 336
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF931
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