Mindat Logo

Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 166-180.

Whitacre, H.E., 1964, Geology of the Madera-Agua Caliente Canyon area, southern Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 41 p.

Drewes, H.D. (1971) Geologic map of the Mount Wrightson quadrangle, southeast of Tucson, Santa Cruz and Pima Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-614, 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.

Drewes, H.D. (1972) Cenozoic rocks of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 746, 66 p.

Drewes, H.D. (1972) Structural geology of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 748, 35 p., scale 1:12,000, 4 sheets.

Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 61 (Table 4). Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

A Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-Mo mining area located in T.20S., R.14E., on the West slope of the Santa Rita Mts, on the drainage of that part of Madera Canyon which is within Santa Cruz Co.

Mineralization is spotty and weak, partially oxidized, base metal sulfides with associated minor gold and silver values, with or without quartz, along shear zones in LAramide intrusives or metamorphosed volcanics.

Workings are scattered, small, and generally shallow operations. Mostly prospects with no recorded production.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
var: Oligoclase

Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Cuprite
Epidote
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
Hematite
var: Specularite

Jarosite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Orthoclase
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Sphalerite


28 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA
USA

The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
This page is currently not sponsored. To sponsor this page click here.


Mineral and/or Locality
Search Google
 
Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2011. Jobs in Arizona, USA Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.Further information contact the Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of hundreds of members and supporters. Mindat does not offer minerals for sale. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register. Current server date and time: 17th Jun 2011 04:35:26
Mineral and Locality Search
Mineral:
and/or Locality:
Options
Fade toolbar when not in focusFix toolbar to bottom of page
Hide Social Media Links
Slideshow frame delay seconds