The Iron Cap Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,039 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: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 31.50111, -110.75861
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Iron Cap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Cap Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Year Last Production: 1948
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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northward Extension Of Flux Mine Mineralization; Ryolite Contains Isolated Exotic Blocks Of Upper Paleozoic Limestone
Type: L
Description: Located On Or Near Northward Extension Of Harshaw Creek Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths; Pyrite Gossan At Surface
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO; FLUX MINE; BLUE EAGLE MINE; CALIFORNIA MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 1.0 MILE NNW OF FLUX MINE, ON SW SIDE OF RIDGE BETWEEN ALUM GULCH AND FLUX MINE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED LEMONT CONLEY (1947-1948); PROPERTY MIGHT HAVE BEEN OWNED AND PATENTED BY ALLISON BROTHERS IN EARLY 1900'S (SEE SCHRADER, 1915; P.261)
Comment (Deposit): IRON CAP DEPOSIT LOCATED ON OR NEAR FLUX LODE, WHICH HAS KNOWN EXTENT OF 1.5 MILES
Comment (Workings): ADIT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GENERAL STRUCTURE COMMON TO REGIONAL FORMATIONS IS A SHEETING WHICH DIPS 40 NNW;RHYOLITE VOLCANICS ARE CRUSHED, ALTERED, AND SILICIFIED
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, IRON CAP MINE
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT MAP 721
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 261
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): KARTCHNER, WAYNE E. 1944 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; PHD. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P.82-84
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