Smuggler Gulch Mine group (Smuggler Mine group), Smuggler Gulch, Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District), Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 25' 11'' North , 111° 15' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 18.8km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 26.4km |
| Rio Rico | 18,962 (2011) | 26.8km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 28.4km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 29.0km |
Ref.: 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: 69 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10234901, MAS ID #0040230081.
A former underground Au-Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn mine group located in the S½SE¼ sec. 18, T.23S., R.11E, on National Forest land. Owned at times, or in part, by the Smuggler Gulch Gold Mining Co.; and, Fairchild. The Smuggler Gulch Gold Mine Group and Fairchild had unspecified involvement here (1975).
Mineralization is an irregular, lensing fissure zone of brecciated and pulverized, sericitized Jurassic welded tuff wall rock cemented by finely crystalline quartz containing disseminated pyrite and minor base metal sulfides, oxidized and enriched with gold and silver.
Workings include tunnel and shaft operations. Probably worked since the late 1800's and mainly in the 1930's. Total production would be some 250 tons of ore averaging about 1.2 oz. Au/T, 1.5 oz. Ag/T and minor Cu.
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Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: As sericitized Jurassic welded tuff wall rock. |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: As sericitized Jurassic welded tuff wall rock. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Disseminated in quartz. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10234901 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District)
- Smuggler Gulch
- Smuggler Gulch Mine group (Smuggler Mine group)
- Smuggler Gulch
- Oro Blanco Mining District (Ruby Mining District)
- Oro Blanco Mountains
- Santa Cruz County
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