Mc Morris Mines

The Mc Morris Mines is a silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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

Name: Mc Morris Mines  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 33.52333, -110.75694

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Mc Morris Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mc Morris Mines
Secondary: Richmond Basin
Secondary: Richmond
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Blue Quail
Secondary: Gila Monster
Secondary: Helena and Nugget
Secondary: Inca
Secondary: La Plata Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Richmond Basin District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Victor Kilpatrick, 1965 (Mc Morris) And Blue Quail Mining Co., 1962


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thick Diabase Sill Containing Inclusions Of Limestone. A Body Of Quartz Diorite Or Diabase 1/2 Mile In Diameter Outcrops Immediately S Of The Jumbo And Mc Morris Shafts.

Type: L
Description: Fractures Cut The Diabase And Limestone, Ew And Nw Strikes, Main Zone Of Mineralization Is Ew. 1919 Article Calls Mineralized Zone A Contact Vein, With Diabase Hanging Wall And Quartz Diorite Footwall


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): THIS FORM DESCRIBES MOST OF THE DISTRICT, OTHER THAN THE RAVEN AND DEL SHAY GROUPS WHICH ARE LESS THAN A MILE NE

Comment (Geology): ONLY DETAILED MAP IS O.M. BISHOP, 1935, WHO DESCRIBES QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVES, NOT DIABASE MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LCRET-PALEO INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED FAULTING.

Comment (Development): MC MORRIS MINING COMPANY, 1875 TO 1893 OWNED THE AREA. GILA MONSTER MINING COMPANY OWNED THE AREA FROM 1913 TO 1923 PART OF AREA OWNED BY INCA MINING CORPORATION IN 1969

Comment (Deposit): ABOVE DESCRIBES MAIN MC MORRIS VEIN. JUMBO VEIN STRIKES NW, DIPS N57E JUMBO VEIN IS APPROXIMATELY 100 M E OF THE MCMORRIS VEIN, AND IS 4 FT WIDE WITH 18 INCHES OF HIGH GRADE ORE

Comment (Workings): 3 OLD VERTICAL SHAFTS, ONE DEEPENED TO 150 FT BY BLUE QUAIL IN 1963. OTHERS 650 AND 200 FT DEEP. VARIOUS DRIFTS AND TUNNELS THROUGHOUT AREA. LA PLATA SHAFT 450 FT DEEP, E OF THE MC MORRIS. JUMBO TUNNEL 300 FT LONG IN 1922)


References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V 3 #6, P 15, NOVEMBER, 1919.

Reference (Deposit): BISHOP, O. M., 1935. GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICHMOND BASIN AREA, GILA COUNTY. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR MC MORRIS FILE AND BLUE QUAIL FILE


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