Mc Morris Mines

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

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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)

Primary Mineral: Silver

Lat, Long: 33.52333, -110.75694

Satelite image of the Mc Morris Mines

Mc Morris Mines MRDS details

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Richmond Basin District

Land Status

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

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

Production

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

Orebody

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

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

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite

Ore: Cerargyrite

Gangue: Barite

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: THIS FORM DESCRIBES MOST OF THE DISTRICT, OTHER THAN THE RAVEN AND DEL SHAY GROUPS WHICH ARE LESS THAN A MILE NE
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: 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 Type: Development	Comment: 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 Type: Deposit	Comment: 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 Type: Workings	Comment: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, V 3 #6, P 15, NOVEMBER, 1919.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BISHOP, O. M., 1935. GEOLGOY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICHMOND BASIN AREA, GILA COUNTY. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR MC MORRIS FILE AND BLUE QUAIL FILE