The Isabella Mine is a lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 31.40167, -110.79139
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Isabella Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Isabella Mine
Secondary: Victor Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposits In Region Are Mainly Lead-Silver Quartzitic Veins Which Strike E-W At About Right Angles To Axis Of Range
Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Chiefly In Granite Porphyry
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Porphyry And Diorite Altered Near Vein
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 160.000000+-
Dating Method: Pb-Alpha
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF WILD HOG CANYON; 1/4 MILE NNE OF GROSS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): SOME GALENA IN DUMP
Comment (Development): 1 CLAIM KNOWN, CALLED THE VICTOR OR WEST CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS TRACEABLE ON SURFACE BY CROPPINGS AND OPENINGS FOR NEARLY 1/2 MILE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS COMPRISE CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS; 50-FT SHAFT ON VICTOR OR WEST CLAIM
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT LOCATED IN GROSS BELT; BELT AND FOOTHILLS SEPARATED FROM STEEP SLOPES OF RANGE BY PIEDMONT-LIKE VALLEY ALONG WHICH PIEDMONT FAULT RUNS; EXTENDS NORTHWARD FOR 6 MILES
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, ISABELLA MINE
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P.310-311
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