Mine Descriptions

Greaterville Mining District

This district is partially in Santa Cruz county and partially in Pima county.















[Ref. 2]

Mine/PlacerMRDS41914 mapSchrader2 Pima6 Santa Cruz5

Anderson (Conglomerate)

   x x  
Arrastra (Holliday)       x  
Boston Gulch Placers     x x  
Buckhorn (Wisconsin, Hill, Pallanes)
    x x  
Cave Hill deposit (Onyx Cave)         x
Chispa Gulch Placers     x x  
Colorado Gulch Placers     x x  
Comstock       x  
Conglomerate       x  
Empire Gulch Placers     x x  
Enzenberg (Mountain King)   x x  
Friez (Gold Bug)    x    
Graham Gulch Placers     x x  
Hancock     x x  
Hardscrabble   x    
Harshaw Gulch Placers     x x  

Hughes

    x    
Hughes Gulch Placers     x x  
Kentucky Gulch Placers     x x  
Los Pozos Gulch Placers     x x  
Louisiana Gulch Placers     x x  
Nigger and St. Louis Gulch Placers     x x  

Ophir Gulch Placers

    x x  
Quebec   x x  
Red Berry & Hidden Tunnel

       x
Rock Candy Mountain      x
Royal Mountain     x    
St. Louis (Morning Star)     x x  

Snyder

   x x  
Sucker Gulch Placers     x x  
Summit    x    
Sweetwater       x
Yuba    x x  
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References

  1. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 12, Santa Rita Mountains Unit, MLA11-94 (1994). SR 591-609
    http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1813/usbm_mla_011-94.pdf
  2. Mining in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains of Arizona, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
  3. Mike Bertram,
  4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - using WGS84 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
  5. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
  6. Index of Mining Properties in Pima County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 189, Arizona Geological Survey, 1974