Lucky Shot Mine group, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 26' 49'' North , 111° 14' 30'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 16.6km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 23.6km |
| Rio Rico | 18,962 (2011) | 25.3km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 26.1km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 29.0km |
Ref.: Wilson, E.D. (1961) Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 168 (revised 1978): 42.
Knight, L.H., Jr. (1970) Structure and mineralization of the Oro Blanco mining district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation, 172 p., 7 sheets, scales 1:1,200, 1:6,000, 1:16,000, 1:24,000, 1:60,000, 1:62,500, and 1:358,000.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 64 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10102400, MRDS ID #M000418; and, Dep. ID #10186301, MAS ID #0040230065.
A former underground Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Au mine located in North-central sec. 8, T.23S., R.11E, 2 miles S of Ruby, on National Forest land. Produced 1875-1948. Owned at times, or in part, by Bejerano; Licano & Flores; Jime & Marker; Oro verde Mining Co.; Big Four Mining Co.
Mineralization is lensing quartz-fissure veins containing spotty sulfides (sphalerite), partly oxidized. Wall rocks are Jurassic volcanic flows and tuff or Cretaceous sediments.
Workings are shaft operations. probably originally prospected in the late 1800's but worked mainly during 1939-1940 and 1947-1948 when the group produced some 220 tons of ore averaging about 8% Zn, 4% Pb, 1 oz. Ag/T, and minor gold and copper.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102400 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District)
- Lucky Shot Mine group
- Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District)
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Santa Cruz County
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