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Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 10, Santa I , M LA _ SAL OF CORONADO | NATIONAL FOREST, PART 10 | Santa Teresa Mountains Unit | Graham County, Arizona I Santa Teresa Mountains Unit I I I I ' I _ ~~~~ ~,~ , | , AU ~ | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR I ! I I MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST PART 10, SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS UNIT, I GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA I I by i S. Don Brown i MLA 26-93 l 1993 ! i i Intermountain Field Operations Center I Denver, Colorado i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES I HERMANN ENZER, Acting Director I I i! I : 50272-101 3.. Reclpient's Accession No. REPORT DOCUMENTATION 1I- REPORT NO. PAGE I 4. T~le and Subtitle 5. Report Date Mineral Appra.isal of. the Coronado National Forest, Part 10, Santa Teresa Mountains Unit, Graham County, Arizona 6. 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization'Rept. No. S. Don Brown 9. performing Organization Name and Address 10. Project/Task/Work Unit No. 11. Contract(C) or Grant(G) No. (C) (G) ][2. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 13. Type of Report & Period Covered 14. 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract (Limit: 200 words) The Bureau of Mines conducted a mineral investigation of the Santa Teresa Mountains part of the Coronado National Forest, Arizona, during 1990-1992 to appraisethe mineral resources and to identify and describe areas with past mining activity. No mineral resources were identified during this study, only mineral occurrences at several locations. The only known production from within the Forest Unit was a small amount of copper from a small mine in the north-central part. A substantial amount of mining and production took place in the Aravaipa district west of the Forest. During the field investigation, no current mining activity was observed in or near the Unit. 17. Docume~ Ana~is a. De~pto~ Mineral resources Precious metal ore deposits Mineral deposits Economic geology Base metal ore deposits b. Identifie~/Open-End~ Terms Coronado National Forest Santa Teresa Mountains Mineral resources c. COSATI Field/Group 21. No. of Pages 18. Availability Statemen;. 19. Security Class (This Report) 20. Security Class (This Page) 22. Price See ANSI--Z39.18) See Instructions on Reverse OPTIONAL FORM 272 (4-//) (Formerly NTIS-35) PREFACE A January 1987 Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Mines, I U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Forest Service describes the purpose, authority, and I program operation for the forest-wide studies. The program is intended to assist the Forest Service in incorporating mineral resource data in forest plans as specified by the I National Forest Management Act (1976) and Title 36, Chapter 2, Part 219, Code of Federal Regulations, and to augment the Bureau's mineral resource data base so that I it can analyze and make available minerals information as required by the National I Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (1980). I I This open-file report summarizes the results of a U.S. Bureau of Mines forest-wide study. The report is ! preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with the Bureau of Mines editorial standards. This study was conducted by personnel from ! Intermountain Field Operations Center, Building 20, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. ! i I ~ ± ! CONTENTS I Paae SUMMARY ................................................ 1 i INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1 Geographic setting ...................................... 2 Previous investigations ................................... 2 i Methods of investigation .................................. 4 Geologic setting ........................................ 5 Mining history ......................................... 6 I MINERAL APPRAISAL ........................................ 7 Cobre Grande Mountain area ................................ 7 Fisher Canyon prospects ................................... 8 I Southwest Forest area .................................... 9 I CONCLUSIONS ............................................. 11 REFERENCES ............................................... 12 I Appendix A--Data for samples from the Santa Teresa Mountains Unit Coronado National Forest, Graham County, Arizona ........... 13 I B--Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy multi-element analytical data for samples analyzed by I Chemex Labs, Inc .................................. 19 C--Neutron activation multi-element analytical data for I samples analyzed by Bondar-Clegg & Company Ltd .......... 21 D--Data for individual mines and prospects in the Santa Teresa Mountains Unit, Coronado National Forest, i Graham County, Arizona ............................. 23 E--Mine location and mine map figures for the Santa Teresa Mountains Unit, Coronado National Forest, I Graham County, Arizona ............................. 44 I, ILLUSTRATIONS I Plate 1. Sample locality map of the Santa Teresa Mountains at Unit, Coronado National Forest, Graham County, Arizona ....... back I I iiiiI ILLUSTRATIONS--continued I Pa_Ea~ Figure 1. Index map of the Santa Teresa Mountains unit, I Coronado National Forest, Graham County, Arizona ............ 3 Figures 2-1 0, Maps of: 2. Mines and prospects near Cobre Grande Mtn. I showing sample localities ST 1-18 ........................ 45 I 3. Cowboy Tunnel showing sample localities ST 1-18 ............ 46 4. Adit southeast of the Cowboy Tunnel showing sample I localities ST 13-18 ................................... 47 5. Fisher Canyon mines and prospects showing sample I localities ST 20-35 ................................... 48 6. Adits in Fisher Canyon showing sample localities ST 20-23 ...... 49 I 7. Adits in Fisher Canyon showing sample localities ST 25-34 ....... 50 8. Mines and prospects in the southeast part of the Forest I Showing sample localities ST 36-50 ....................... 51 9. Adit north of the Dogwater Mine showing sample I localities ST 36-39 ................................... 52 10. Adits east-southeast of the Dogwater Mine showing sample I localities ST 43, 45-46 ................................ 53 I iI, I I I ,o. I III i I I UNIT OF MEASURE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT I $ dollar (U.S.) I ft foot in. inch I Ib pound mi mile I mi 2 square mile i % percent oz troy ounce I oz/st troy ounce per short ton I ppb part per billion ppm part per million I st short ton (2,000 Ib) :i iil 'I II iv II ! MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, PART 10, SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA II By S. Don Brown 1 ! SUMMARY I Between 1990 and 1992, the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a mineral I investigation of the Santa Teresa Mountains Unit part of the Coronado National Forest to appraise the mineral resources and to identify and describe areas with past mining I activity. The study included a comprehensive literature search combined with a field I investigation involving the examination of known mines, prospects, and mineralized areas. This study is part of the Bureau's overall mineral evaluation of the Coronado I National Forest and will be included in a summary report of the Forest. i Mineral occurrences were identified and described at several locations in the Unit. The only known production from within the Unit was a small amount of copper I from a mine in the north-central part. A substantial amount of mining and production took place in the Aravaipa district west of the Forest. During the field investigation, I no current mining activity was observed in or near the Unit. I INTRODUCTION The U.S. Bureau of Mines studied the mineral resources of the Santa Teresa I Mountains Unit during 1990-92 on land administered by the U.S. Forest Service. This I study is part of the Bureau's overall mineral evaluation of 13 study units of the Coronado National Forest. I Mining Engineer, Intermountain Field Operations Center, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Denver, Colorado Geographic setting The Santa Teresa Mountains Unit includes 48,967 acres (76.5 mi 2) of the Coronado National Forest, in Graham County, southeastern Arizona (fig. 1 ). The Santa Teresa Wilderness includes approximately 32,800 acres (two-thirds) of this Unit (plate 1). Pima, Thatcher, Safford, and Fort Thomas are major communities east of the range, Klondyke is a small community southwest of the range, and Aravaipa is a near- deserted mining camp town west of the range. The San Carlos Indian Reservation borders the Forest on the north, The Pinaleno Mountains are to the southeast, and the Galiuro Mountains and Aravaipa Canyon are south and southwest of the study area. Elevations in the Unit range from 3,800 ft at the southwest corner to 7,550 ft at a peak on Pinnacle Ridge in the southern part. Access to the area is from U.S. Highways 666 and 70 on the east and southeast. Unnamed dirt roads provide access to the east side from U.S. Highway 70. An all weather dirt road provides access to the south and southeast part of the Forest. The Aravaipa Road provides access to the west and southwest part and various Forest roads and jeep trails branch off from the all weather and Aravaipa roads providing access to and near the study area. Previous investigations Perhaps the best reference for the geology and ore deposits of the Santa Teresa Mountains and Aravaipa mining district is a report by Simons (1964). This publication includes the western half of the study area. A geologic map by Blacet and Miller (1978) covers the eastern half of the study area. Previous geologic work in the region was a reconnaissance study of the Aravaipa and Stanley mining districts by Ross (1925); this report is valuable for its description of many mines and prospects which ! I I I 110"15 t 110.00 e R. tgE, R.2OE. R.Z1E. R.22E. I R.Z3E. i R,24E, T~-------r"~'~'-~"IR- 2:5E.I R.Z6E. ' i ' T.4S. I 33P00 S I T. 6S. I T.7S. 32"45' . 32.45 * I 4- T.OS. C 0 i (J ! T.SS. I 0 l- cl T. IOS. I 32" 30* 32"30" T.11S. I T,125. I T. 13S. 32-15 ~ - 52"15' I 110"15 ~ 110-00 ~ I I t I I -N- I 0 5 10 15 20 25 miles I Map Location I Figure 1.-- Index map of the Santa Teresa Mountains Unit, Coronado National Forest, Graham County, Arizona i 3 I '1 ~ are now inaccessible.
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