Minnesota Mine, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Mine | Mine |
| Providencia Canyon | Canyon |
| Patagonia Mining District | Mining District |
| Patagonia Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 23' 17'' North , 110° 45' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kino Springs | 136 (2011) | 5.0km |
| Beyerville | 177 (2011) | 10.7km |
| Francisco Miguel Cárdenas Valdez (Mascareñas) | 541 (2014) | 12.9km |
| Nogales | 20,252 (2017) | 16.8km |
| Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 16.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 48km |
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. (1915) Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, with contributions by J.M. Hill: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 582, 373 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:125,000: 316.
Simons, F.S. (1974) Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-762, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, AZ Dept. Mines & Min. Resources Open File Rept. 92-10: 16 (Table 1).
U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology production file data.
U.S. Bureau of Mines file data-cluster #22, Minnesota Mine.
USGS Nogales Quadrangle topo map.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Coronado National Forest Report.
Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109886, MRDS ID #M899906; and, Dep. ID #10113508, MAS ID #0040230284.
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Pb-Sb-Zn mine located in the NW¼NW¼ sec. 31, T.23S., R.16E. (Nogales 15 minute topo map), 6 miles ESE of Nogales International Airport, in Providencia Canyon; 1¼ miles east of the Golden Rose Mine; 4.0 miles NW of Washington Camp, on National Forest land. Produced 1952-1953. Operated by W. W. Todd and Joe Bostwick (1952).
Mineralization is in a NE-trending, 35SE dipping, quartz vein cutting quartz monzonite. The vein is 0.61 meters wide. Ore concentration involved oxidation at near surface. Mineralization accompanied or followed intrusion of porphyritic granodiorite in the region. Alteration includes strong potassic alteration. Granodiorite is highly shattered, sheeted, and crushed. An associated rock unit is hornblendite.
The deposits occur in the form of subordinate veins, lenses, stringers, and seams in fissures, joints, sheeting planes, and other fractures in quartz monzonite and diorite. No sulphides were noted.
Tectonic elements include the Guajolote Fault Block. The NW-trending, inferred Guajolote Fault lies to the east of the deposits with downthrow to the east.
Workings include two tunnel drifts driven in opposite directions on different sides of the gulch. The southerly tunnel is 90 feet (27.43 meters) in length. Development bagan as early as 1900.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109886 |
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