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Alternate Namessee also White Oaks CompanyClarke2. Arizona Geological Survey Mining datahttp://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/A-B/BigSteveSantaCruzT24SR12ESec2.pdf Extracts: 5/6/1980 Bruce Burris reported that Daniel V. Madrill had claimed the White Oaks, Big Steve and St. Pat mines in Santa Cruz county. Production from the White Oaks and Big Steve mines, Pajarito District, Santa Cruz co., reported to the US Bureau of Mines Production reported during the years: 1926 - 28, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1994, 1950, and 1958. Cumulative totals: 275 tons of ore treated yielding 200 pounds of copper, 68,578 pounds of lead, 1,083 ounces of silver, 2 ounces of gold. http://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/S-Z/WhiteoakSantacruz64b.pdf Mining District and MinesPajarito District Photos 3/10/243
LocationSouth side of the Patagonia mountains,. 24S 12E N. Cen 25 31.37401N, -111.08831W3 Mineral ProductsPb, Ag, Cu-, Au-, Zn-, U-.5 GeologyIrregular, narrow, shear zones containing spotty argentiferous, oxidized, lead mineralization, largely cerrusite, pyrite, and minor copper, zinc, and gold, cutting Cretaceous quartz latite volcanics. Mineralization fills fissures and partially replaces gouge and breccia. Spotty kasolite, uranophane, autunite, and uranium-bearing pyromorphite recognized. Pyrite gossan5. Type of Operation and ProductionShaft, adit, and open cut operations. Worked for high silver values prior to 1900 and sporadically from 1925 through 1958. Total production probably some 500 or more tons of ore averaging about 15% Pb, 6 oz. Ag/T and minor Cu and Au. A small amount of picked uranium ore reportedly shipped5. References
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Mining timbers in the gully below the mine