Blue Nose Mine

The Blue Nose Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 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: Blue Nose Mine
Secondary: Blue Nose Extension
Secondary: Abe Lincoln
Secondary: Big Chief
Secondary: Big Jim
Secondary: War Horse
Secondary: Home Again Virginia Hay Claims

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Virginia Hay (?-

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
Year Last Production: 1956
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: POCKETS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Blue Nose Fault

Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Forms Intrusive Sheets In Limestone; Vein Parallels Dip Of Enclosing

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanic Sedimentary Rocks Commonly Highly Altered To Epidote, Tourmaline, Quartz, Sericite, Kaolinite, Alunite, And Pyrophyllite

Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Slate
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES (MID-1900'S) AVERAGED 22% PB, 28% ZN, 60 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Epsomite
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED R.R. RICHARDSON AND NEIL MCDONALD; POWERS; ARIZONA PATAGONIA SILVER MINING CO., HOGAN; BIG JIM MINES, INC ; RUPERT BEYERLE; R.L. BROWN; CALUMET AND ARIZONA CO., TOM FARRELL; AL FREDO VALENZUELA; M.F. JONES (OWNER-1944); M.A. HOOVER AND CAPTAIN COY ; H.C. HERRICK; LOUIS VERDUGO; PROPERTY COMPRISES 4 PATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DIP ABOUT 40 NW AND ARE SLICED BY A PROMINENT SHEETING THAT DIPS 80 SE; MOST ORE OCCURS IN DIPPER-SHAPED BODY.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED VERTICAL SHAFT OVER 200 FT DEEP, 1 ADIT 80 FT. LONG/SHOWING NARROW STRINGERS OF MANGANESE), 100-FT LONG ADIT, 2 MINE DUMPS AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, 3000 FT OF SURFACE WORKINGS

Comment (Geology): BISBEE FORMATION IS COMMONLY HORNFELSED AND PORPHYRITIC

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARSHAW CREEK, 0.75 MILE WNW OF AMERICAN PEAK. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO; AMERICAN MINE (ALSO OWNED BY VIRGINIA HAY); TRENCH MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-1929, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 312.

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. 94-95.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P. 57.

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

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 3.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE; BIG JIM MINE, BLUE NOSE MINE ABE LINCOLN MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 278-279.

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): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, BIG JIM MINE.

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