New York Mine

The New York Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,081 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

Name: New York Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 4,081 Feet (1,244 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.93306, -110.72389

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New York Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: New York Mine
Secondary: Beechman
Secondary: Beuhman


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1900-1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6% Pb, 4% Cu, 20 Oz/T Ag


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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: IRREGULAR LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: 30-70 Ft Shear Zone Trends N10-25w And Dips 40w And To The N Trends N50-80w And Dips 45-60n


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized; Silicated Garnetiferous Limestone; Strongly Altered Shear Zone


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE RANGED 2-4% CU.


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR-QUARTZ VEINS AND LEAD ORES IN LIMESTONE-QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED SPORADICALLY IN EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS AND 2 SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): SCHRADER INDICATES QUARTZ DIORITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050489 WITH RE CORD M000931 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): SOME FLUORITE CONTAINS SB.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 127.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 137-138.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974


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