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Jesuit Mine, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 36' 34'' North , 110° 52' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
31.60944,-110.86806
GeoHash:
G#: 9t95v4k67
GRN:
N22W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Patagonia890 (2017)13.1km
Tubac1,191 (2011)16.8km
Tumacacori-Carmen393 (2015)17.3km
Rio Rico18,962 (2011)18.5km
Sonoita818 (2015)21.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
34301
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34301:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


‡Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 86 (Table 4).

Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026817, MRDS ID #M000413; and, Dep. ID #10208082, MAS ID #0040230243.

A former small underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au mine located in the NW¼ sec. 13, T.21S., R.14E, N of Alto Gulch, 6½ miles NW of Patagonia, on private land. Produced 1930-1961. Owned at times, or in part, by Abrams; the White Tail Mining Co.; and Drake Enterprises.

Mineralization is lensing and irregular quartz-fissure vein containing sulfides that are oxidized near the surface with supergene enrichment, producing some high grade silver values. The wall rock is a Cretaceous arkose in rhyodacite tuff.

Workings include tunnel operations. Worked sporadically from the mid-1930's through 1961. Produced some 460 tons of ore averaging about 10 oz. Ag/T, 2% Pb, 1.5% Cu and minor Au.

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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