The Ox Bow Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.16889, -111.35306
Ox Bow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ox Bow MineSecondary: Osborn Prospect
Secondary: Golden Wreath
Secondary: Others
Commodity
Primary: CopperPrimary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Tonto National ForestHoldings
Workings
Type: Surface/UndergroundOwnership
Owner Name: Saccuci, Pete
Years: 1973 -
Years: 1973 -
Owner Name: Thorne, Clay
Years: 1980 -
Years: 1980 -
Production
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: LINEARStructure
Type: R
Description: Tert Sediments Approximately 1 Mile S Of Mine
Description: Tert Sediments Approximately 1 Mile S Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Oxbow Shaped Fault Fissure
Description: Oxbow Shaped Fault Fissure
Alterations
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $35-45 AG/ST.
Analytical Data: OXIDIZED ORE: $5-80 AU/ST
Analytical Data: OXIDIZED ORE: $5-80 AU/ST
Materials
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Dioptase
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
| Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: FISSURE VEIN RUNS N-S FOR MUCH OF ITS LENGTH BUT TURNS TOWARD THE EAST AT ITS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ENDS; VEIN SHOWS 5 ORE SHOOTS, AND NUMEROUS CROSS VEINLETS; THERE ARE ALSO PLACER DEPOSITS ON THE PROPERTY. VEIN WIDTHS VARY FROM 18 INCHES TO 6 FT. ORANGE-YELLOW SCALES ON A FRACTURE PLANE ASSOCIATED WITH CUPRODESCLOIZITE. |
| Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A 528 FT TUNNEL CUTTING THE VEIN ALONG ITS FULL LENGTH, A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT DOWN 200 FT WITH 40 FT OF DRIFTS, AND A 40 FT TUNNEL; THE MAIN TUNNEL CONTAINS 3 RAISES CONNECTING IT TO THE SURFACE AND 3 WINZES OF 110, 45 AND 145 FT; THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ON THE SURFACE |
| Comment Type: Geology |
Comment: DIORITE HAS A UNIFORM TEXTURE, IS COARSE-GRAINED, AND IS CUT BY A COMPLEX SET OF DIKES AND FAULT FISSURES. SEE CONWAY THESIS (1976) FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY. |
| Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS TC10279 AND TC00279 OF M.M. CARBONARO, M030443 OF J.A. PETERSON , AND D000076 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Comment Type: Location |
Comment: 7 MILES SOUTH OF PAYSON, AT THE HEAD OF OXBOW GULCH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41 (1979) |
| Comment Type: Development |
Comment: PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE ATLANTIS MINING COMPANY (1917), J. P. WALKER, W. E. MCCULES, A. M. PACKARD, P. J., C. W. AND P. H. HARRISON, ALVA BUCKLEY (1941); THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 18 CLAIMS, (2 PATENTED: OXBOW, AND GOLDEN WREATH) |
| Comment Type: Deposit |
Comment: Discovery Year: 1875-76 |
References
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: 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.
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Reference Category: Other Database
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Reference: CIMRI
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: LAUSEN & WILSON, 1925, ARIZONA BUR MINES BULL 120, P. 37-41.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: LAUSEN & WILSON, 1927, ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V. 10, NO. 19, P. 5-7, 12-14.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: USGS BULL 1355, P. 9.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ADMR FILE DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: CONWAY, C.M., 1976, PETROLOTY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD THESIS, CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR MINERAL REPORT NO. 2.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: GALBRAITH, 1941, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 149, P. 65.
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