The Dura Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,039 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,039 Feet (1,231 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.39278, -110.91333
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Dura Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dura Mine
Secondary: International
Secondary: Old Contest
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Nogales District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. C. Gleason
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Numerous Nw Trending (Aplite) Dikes; Major Fault Trending N-S
Type: L
Description: Pyritized Lamprophyric Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 100 TONS OF ORE WITH HIGH VALUES OF AU, PB AND AG.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAULT FISSURE VEIN CRUDELY BANDED WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS; SAME VEIN AS AT THE UNCLE SAM MINE.
Comment (Location): JUST W OF THE UNCLE SAM MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): WORKED BY MEXICANS AS EARLY AS THE 1840'S AND INTERMITTENTLY UP TO 1900'S; 5 % OF ORE VALUE IS FREE GOLD, REST IS CHIEFLY LEAD AND SILVER: SOME ORE SHIPPED CARRIED 60% LEAD.
Comment (Development): COMPRISED OF 3 CLAIMS: DURA, XXX, AND YANKEE GIRL; FORMER OWNER B. LITCHLITER (PRIOR TO 1915); PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: B. LITCHLITER, J.GLEASON.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, A 270-FT TUNNEL, AND A 40-FT WINZE AND STOPES
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #30 - DURA MINE GROUP
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 350-351
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 60
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762
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