Gringo Mine

Mining District and Mines

Wrightson District - southwest part of Santa Rita Mountains.

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Photos

Location

-110.7704, 31.5718 (WGS84)
Elevation: 4,321 Feet
2 1/4 MI NNW OF PATAGONIA; 1/2 MI NE OF FRESHO SPRINGS³

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Companies

PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE ARIZONA GOLD MINES & MILLING CO, (1907) ALTAMIRANO, RICHMOND, M. SANCHEZ; 9 CLAIMS³

Mineral Products

Au primary; Pb, Cu, Ag secondary; Zn, Mo tertiary³

Geology

Middle Member Of Bathtub Formation (Andesite Flows); Gringo Gulch Volcanics, Dacite Porphyry³.

E-W Trending Quartz Fissure Veins; Andesite Is Cut By Steeply S-Dipping Sheeting Structures, Dipping About Parallel With Lode. Gold Is Uniformly Distributed In Vein But Generally Favors Footwall and Is Only Rarely Found In Hanging Wall.³

Series of irregular lensing quartz-calcite veins, some course grained, banded quartz, minor calcite, and crushed rock, containing fine grained free gold with minor silver, iron and mangamese staining and sparse copper and lead sufides and molybdenates, deeply oxidized. Others with more calcie contain more copper and lead mineralization. Wall rock is Cretaceous rhyolitic tuff and andesite¹.

Type of Operation and Production

DEPOSITS CONTAINED MAINLY IN 2 VEINS THE GRINGO AND THE INDEPENDENT WHICH EXTEND SEVERAL MILES; VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM 5-20 FT; GRINGO VEIN ACCOMPANIED IN PLACES ON FOOTWALL BY A 7 FT DIKE WHICH CARRIES ALMOST SAME AMOUNT OF GOLD AS VEIN AND SEEMS TO BE A METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT IN WALL ROCK; INDEPENDENT VEIN IS ABOUT PARALLEL TO AND 600 FT N OF GRINGO VEIN; WIDENS TO 40 FT WHERE JOINED BY SPUR VEINS; PROPERTY EXTENDS 4500 FT ON VEIN³.

Shaft operations. Discovered in the 1890s but worked mainly for gold 1907-1908. Minor lead-copper production in 1929-1930 and 1937. Total output some 100 tons of 0.43oz. Au/T and 0.5 oz. Ag/T and some 40 tons of 6% Pb, 4% Cu and 12 oz. Ag/T¹

Incorrect location

https://westernmininghistory.com/mine-detail/10037110/

Arizona Geological Survey - correspondence files⁴

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Correspondence

Modern Mining Claim

1. The above map depicts the Christmas 2 mining claim which is located in Section (s) 26, Township 21 South Range 15 East Gila and Salt River Base and meridian Santa Cruz County Arizona. Total Claim Acreage is 20.66 acres.

2. The type of corner and location monument used are as follows: White Capped PVC Pipes.

3. The bearings and distances in degrees and feet between claim corners and to a public land survey monument are as depicted on the map.

LOCATION NOTICE FOR LODE MINING CLAIM
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha the Christmas 2 lode mining claim has been located by Ryan Reed and Kay Reed whose current mailing address is 12251 N New Dawn Ave. Oro Valley, Arizona 85755.

The general course of this claim is East - West and is situated in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. This claim is 1500 feet in length and 600 feet in width 20.66 Total Claim Acreage. This claim runs from the location monument on which this location notice is posted on the centerline of the claim approximately 750 fee in a East direction to the East end line and 750 feet in a West direction to the West end line. This claim is marked by six monuments, one at each corner and one at the center of the end line of the claim.

The location monument on which this notice is posted is situated whithin section 26 Township 21 South Range 15 East Gila Salt River Base and Meridian Arizona and this claim encompasses portions of the following quarter sections (s) Township(s) and Range(s) The SE 1/4 of Section 26 Township 21 South Range 15 East Gila Salt River Base and Meridian Arizona.

The locality of this claim with reference to some natural object or permanent monument and additional information (if any) concerning its locality are as follows: The claim is 1.2 miles NW of the Patagonia City Landfill. The above information is shown on the attached map. DATED AND POSTED on the ground this 24 day of December 2018.

RECEIVED BLM AZ STATE OFFICE 2019 JAN 28, PHOENIX ARIZONA

References

1. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, by Staton B. Keith, Bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975.
2. Mindat.org - small amount of data
3. MRDS records
4. Arizona Geological Survey Correspondence files http://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/G-L/GringomineSantacruz123.pdf
5. The Mineral Deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains by Frank C. Schrader, 1914