James Group

The James Group is a zinc, tungsten, lead, and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,699 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

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Site Name

Primary: James Group
Secondary: Pomona
Secondary: Emerald
Secondary: Black Eagle
Secondary: Pomono

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Border-Land Metals Co, Sierra Vista Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEINS, POCKETS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Veins Are Essentially Parallel To Limestone, N40w, 25 W

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 450 TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN 1918 AND INTERMITTENTLY SOME 120 TONS FROM 1945 TO 1963. SOME BASE METAL SULFIDES PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT. (FROM KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD - VEIN IS "OVER THRUST FAULT FISSURE". 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. NUMEROUS HIGH ANGLE CROSS VEINS ARE PRESENT. LEAD-ZINC MINERALS ARE IN AN ORE SHOOT CUT BY N10W FRACTURES

Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS, STOPES, AND OPEN CUTS

Comment (Commodity): 2 FEET OF "FAIR LEAD ORE" AT NORTH END OF MAIN ADIT.

Comment (Development): WORKED IN WWI BY J. KELLY, & BY H.S. JAMES 1927-1941

Comment (Geology): ORE IN A QUARTZ VEIN AND IN POCKETS IN DEFORMED AND THRUST FAULTED LIMESTONE BEDS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, ETAL, 1961, RI 5650

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN148 P. 47.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 1973, P. 66.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WEBER, 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST-CENTRAL PROTION OF THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS, UNIV OF ARIZ PHD THESIS, P. 150-154

Reference (Production): DALE - RI 5650

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