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Compadre Mine Group


Main Compadre shaft next to road6

AKA - Le Roy, Polatski, Mary, Michelske, Reid, Johnson, Kramer

Mining District and Mines

Tyndall District - western slope of southern part of Santa Rita Mountains.1


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Location

20S 14E SE¼ 351

31.64543, -110.870083

Companies

Arizona Consolidated Gold & Copper Mines, Boulder Mg. Co.1

Mineral Products

Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au-1

Geology

Spotty, partly oxidised sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena in a narrow, lensing quartz fissure vein cutting Cretaceous rhyodacite welded tuff and interbedded arkose near intrusive Laramide diorite.1

Type of Operation and Production

Adit and shaft operations. Sporadic production of some 250 tons of ore averaging 7% Zn, 3% Cu, 2% Pb, and 3 oz. Ag/T, from early 1900s through 1960.1


Compadre Loading Area

East Compadre Mine

This mine is only known from the MRDS entry.


Tailings pile in front of shaft


Shaft, bottom not disernable

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/C-F/CompadreSantacruz85a.pdf
  5. The Mineral Deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains by Frank C. Schrader, 1914