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Morning & Evening Mine group (Morning and Evening Mine; Morning Mine), Pajarito Mining District, Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Morning & Evening Mine group (Morning and Evening Mine; Morning Mine)- not defined -
Pajarito Mining DistrictMining District
Pajarito MountainsMountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 22' 42'' North , 111° 5' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rio Rico18,962 (2011)15.1km
Nogales20,252 (2017)15.5km
Nogales212,533 (2018)16.2km
Beyerville177 (2011)20.3km
Tumacacori-Carmen393 (2015)22.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
34110
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34110:4
GUID (UUID V4):
6ae3eeb4-efc7-43d4-b833-5a5631bddb87


‑Ref.: Nelson, F.J., 1963, The geology of the Pena Blanca and Walker Canyon areas, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 82 p.

Cornwall, H.R. (1973), Field Examination.

Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 72 (Table 4).

Riggs, N.R. (1985) Stratigraphy, structure, and mineralization of the Pajarito Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 102 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:12,000: Table 2.

Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 16 (Table 1).

US Bureau of Mines staff (1994) U.S. Bureau of mines Open File Report MLA XX-94: A59.

U.S. Bureau of Mines file data-cluster #20 - Morning Mine.

U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology production file data.

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039616, MRDS ID #M050503; and, Dep. ID #10113696, MAS ID #0040230294.

A former small surface and underground Ag-Pb-Au-Cu-Zn-Mn mine located in the SWΒΌSWΒΌSWΒΌ sec. 35, T.23S., R.12E. (Ruby 15 minute topo map), on National Forest land. Produced 1890- ?, 1926-1930. Operated by Mr. W.B. Kimmel (1927).

Mineralization is argentiferous galena in pockets, largely oxidized, on irregular and lensing, narrow fissure veins cutting Cretaceous quartz latite volcanics. Strongly oxidized pyrite and manganese gossan with high-grade silver pockets. Also contains secondary copper minerals. The host rock unit is Pajarito Lavas. Ore is found only within the bounding fault planes; no trace of the host rock is left in the shear zone except for some quartz phenocrysts. Ore control was steeply-dipping NE shear zones. Ore concentration was epithermal open space filling and minor supergene enrichment. Alteration was marcasite to galena to anglesite and cerussite; pyrite gossan. Local structures include a NW-trending fault zone.

Workings include shallow shaft, adit, and open cut operations. Worked sporadically from the late 1800's through 1930, producing some 100 or more tons of ore averaging about 200 oz. Ag/T, 22% Pb, and minor gold and copper.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
β“˜ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
β“˜ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
β“˜ Galena
Formula: PbS
β“˜ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena
Formula: PbS with Ag
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
β“˜var. Silver-bearing Galena2.CD.10PbS with Ag
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz
var. Amethyst
4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4

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