Iron Mask Prospect - Jackson Mine group

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Mining District and Mines

Old Baldy District - Faber Canyon¹

Location

19S 14E SE¼ 24⁷

31.76319, -110.86568³

Mineral Products

Cu, Ag, Au⁷

Geology

Compound quartz-fissure vein and stockwork with copper carbonates and sulfides, cutting a Laramide granodiorite intrusive. Some disseminated chalcocite in the wall rock⁷

Type of Operation and Production

Shafts and tunnels. Produced intermittently some 200 tons of picked 9% Cu and 3 oz. Ag/T ore, mainly 1915 - 1919.²

References

1. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, by Staton B. Keith, Bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975. No entry
2. Mike Bertram 12/13/23
3. MRDS records
4. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 7 - Patagonia Mountains - Canelo Hills Unit by Mark Chatman, 1994, No entry
5. Arizona Department of Mines report: http://docs.azgs.az.gov/OnlineAccessMineFiles/A-B/BilliedSantacruz65.pdf
6. The Mineral Deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains by Frank C. Schrader, 1914 - no entry
7. Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona, by Staton B. Keith, Bulletin 189, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975.