A former underground Pb-Zn-Ag mine located in sec. 30, T5S, R20E, 1½ miles NE of Aravaipa and 1000 feet SE of the Head Center Mine. First produced 1925. Owned by the Athletic Mining Co. Operated by the Grand Central Mining Co.

Mineralization is hosted in Horquilla Limestone and shale. An associated rock unit is the Copper Creek Granodiorite. An altered zone contains mineralization. Some copper stain evident.

Area structures include block faulting trending NNW. Regional trends: minor Pre-Cretaceous E- and NE-trending folds and major Post-Cretaceous NNW-trending faults.

Workings include an inclined shaft sunk on an altered zone. Production was 3,500,000 pounds of Pb and $20,000 (period values) of Ag (1926-1930). Nothing known of this mine subsequent to 1930.

Select Mineral List Type

Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Copper Stain'

ⓘ Galena

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Copper Stain'

References:

MRDS database Dep. ID #10039444

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

References:

Ross, C.P. (1925a), Geology and ore deposits of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts, Graham Co., AZ, USGS Bull. 763

Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull 153: 17

Simons, Frank S., Munson, Elaine (1963) Johannsenite from the Aravaipa mining district, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 48 (9-10). 1154-1158

Simons, F.S. (1964), Geology of the Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Pinal Cos., AZ, USGS PP 461.

Wilson, Wendell E. (1988) The Iron Cap Mine, Graham County, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 19 (2) 81-87

Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.228

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Copper Stain'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10039444

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Sonoran DesertDesert

North America PlateTectonic Plate

USA

Arizona
- Graham County
  - Aravaipa Mining District
    - Santa Teresa MountainsMountain Range

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References

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining Claims Lead File #86176 (Jul, 1980).

USGS Cobre Grande Quadrangle map.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources FAR Mining Enterprises file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Grand Reef file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Brushy group file.

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.

MRDS database Dep. ID #10039444, MRDS ID #M050087; and Dep. ID #10186503, MAS ID #0040090146.

(1925) Geology and ore deposits of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts, Graham County, Arizona. Bulletin 763. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b763

Elsing and Heineman (1936) Arizona Metal Production. Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 140: 93.

Denton, T.C. (1947), Aravaipa lead-zinc deposits, Graham County, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4007: Figure 3, 4, 5.

Galbraith, F. W. (1947) Minerals of Arizona (Second Edition, Revised) University of Arizona Bulletin 153. Arizona Bureau of Mines

Wilson, E.D., et al (1950), Arizona zinc & lead deposits, Part I, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 156.

Simons, Frank S., Munson, Elaine (1963) Johannsenite from the Aravaipa mining district, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 48 (9-10). 1154-1158

Simons, F.S. (1964), Geology of the Klondyke quadrangle, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona, USGS PP 461.

Wilson, Wendell E. (1988) The Iron Cap Mine, Graham County, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 19 (2) 81-87

Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.

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