Latitude: 32°29'39"N
Longitude: 110°18'49"W
A former surface and underground Au-Cu-Ag mine located in the SE¼NW¼ sec. 9, T11S, R20E, on National Forest land.
Mineralization is altered and mineralized areas associated with a fault zone between rhyolite and andesite. There is a highly erratic distribution of gold, silver, and copper minerals.
Workings include numerous pits, several shafts ranging from shallow to 300-400 feet deep, several short adits along a 2 mile N to NW trend between the Jackson Mine area and the Jackson Cabin. Overall low assay concentrations. Possible small gold, silver, and/or copper production; none recorded.
References
Arizona Department of Transportation Highway map - Graham County (1962): 8.
Creasey, S.C. et al (1981) Mineral Resources of the Galiuro Wilderness and Contiguous Planning Areas, Arizona. USGS Bull. 1490, 94 pp.
Brown, S.D. (1993) Mineral Appraisal of the Coronado National Forest, part 4, Galiuro Mountains Unit, Graham County, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report MLA 26-93, 40 pp.
Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
USGS Redington Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10209685, MAS ID #0040090181.
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