Red Berry and Hidden Tunnel Mines

Not in Schrader.

Mine area found restored 2/23/25

Filled in adit 1

Filled in adit 2

Plan from Mineral Appraisal¹

Alternate Names

Red Berry and Hidden Tunnel may be two side-by-side claims.

Company

Pomona Mg. Co.⁵.

Mining District and Mines

Greaterville District

Location

E. Central & SE¼ 10
20 S, 15 E.⁵

31.70983, -110.79898³

Mineral Products

Cu, Ag, Au-⁵

Geology

Spotty, oxidized, argentiferous copper mineralizations along a strong fault zone cutting Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic formations.⁵

Type of Operation and Production

Shallow shaft operations. Some 1,249 tons of ore, averaging about 0.8% Cu, 2.5 oz. Ag/T, and a trace of Au/T shipped in 1947.⁵

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, F. C. Schrader, 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 Stanton B. Keith, bulletin 1991, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
6. WesternMiningHistory.com
7. https://www.gvrhc.org/Library/LuckyLedgeMine.pdf