Maine Mine

The Maine Mine is a zinc and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,551 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

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Site Name

Primary: Maine Mine
Secondary: Poole Group
Secondary: Ella Mine
Secondary: Ochoa Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rosario Exploration Co.
Years: 1973 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED AND IN BUNCHES IN SHEAR ZONE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt

Type: L
Description: N-S Trending Kansas Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometasomatized And Silicified Limestone; Surface Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 6% ZN, 4% PB, 3% CU, 4 OZ./TON AG, MINOR AU

Materials

Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIRST 200 FT OF ADIT INTERSECT NUMEROUS VEINS PRIMARILY OF CHALCOPYRITE; LAST 200 FT OF ADIT IN BARREN LIMESTONE; MAXIMUM VEIN WIDTH IS 8 FT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDED 400-FT. LONG MAIN TUNNEL, 100-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 250 FT. OF DRIFTING ON 100-FT. LEVEL, 50 FT. WINZE FROM TUNNEL, 100-FT LONG DRIFT FROM BOTTOM OF WINZE

Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVE TERTIARY BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE NEARBY

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SIMPLOT MINE, KANSAS MINE, INDIANA MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED C.B. COUGHLIN, DUQUESNE MINING AND REDUCTION CO., BYRD (1938), CALLAHAN ZINC LEAD CO. (1941-43), BYRD (1945-49), ALFREDO HEREDIA (1951-57), NASH MINES (1955- ?), BRITTAIN-HENDRICKSON MINING CO. (1955) P.L. HUNTER (1953), A. GONZALES AND DURAZO (1965), CARL SANDBERG AND FRED WILLIAMS (1964); PROPERTY COMPRISES 1 PATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Location): ADJACENT ON SOUTH TO INDIANA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): HYDROZINCITE COATS VEIN WALLS; SOME NATIVE COPPER FOUND AT SURFACE

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, MAINE MINE

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 343

Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN, NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143

Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, MAINE MINE

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 78

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B. 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300

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