Mine Descriptions

Old Soldier Mine


Alternate Names

Progressive

Mining District and Mines

Oro Blanco District

Location

?5

Mineral Products6

Ag, Au

Ownership6

Owner Names: Progressive Mg. Co., Holt, Aubrey, Dale, Hack & Irwin

Type of Operation and Production6

Tunnel and shaft operations. Worked sporadically since late 1800's through 1942, producing some 1,250 tons of ore averaging about 12 oz. Ag/T, 0.4 oz. Au/T.

Geology6

Gold and silver mineralization in a shear zone of breciatted, pulverised and sericitized Jurassic volcanic tuff cemeneted by fine grain crystalline quartz.

 


References

  1. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 12, Santa Rita Mountains Unit, MLA11-94 (1994). SR 591-609
    https://data.azgs.arizona.edu/api/v1/collections/BMRI-1552428987530-264/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. mindat.org
  4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - possibly using NAD72 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
  5. https://westernmininghistory.com/mine-detail/10162214/
  6. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz county, Arizona; Stanton B. Keith, Arizona Geological Survey, Bulletin 191 (1975).