Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 35' 34'' North , 110° 50' 28'' West
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mindat:1:2:53456:4
Ref.: The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 44.
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 215-216.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 32, 50.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 159, 417.
USGS Mt Wrightson Quadrangle topo map.
Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10210299, MAS ID #0040230335.
A former underground Cu-Ag-Zn-Mn-Pb mine is located on 9 claims in the NE¼SE¼ sec. 19, T21S, R15E, 1½ miles NE of Salero, on the divide between Josephine Canyon and Squaw Gulch, at an elevation of about 5,400 feet, on private land. This group of claims was located in 1904. The Salero Mines Inc. had unspecified involvement here (1926).
The deposits are contained in several quartz fissure veins in altered diorite. The veins mostly strike WNW and are linked, forming a stockwork.
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| ⓘBromargyrite Formula:AgBr |
| ⓘCerussite Formula:PbCO3 Localities:Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USARosario claim (Rosario No. 1 claim), Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USARosario No. 2 claim, Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| ⓘChlorargyrite Formula:AgCl |
| ⓘGalena Formula:PbS Localities:United States No. 2 claim, Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USARosario claim (Rosario No. 1 claim), Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USARosario No. 2 claim, Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| ⓘGalena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula:PbS with Ag Localities:Rosario claim (Rosario No. 1 claim), Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USARosario No. 2 claim, Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims), Salero area, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
| ⓘ'Limonite' |
| ⓘNative Silver Formula:Ag |
| ⓘ'Psilomelane' |
| ⓘSphalerite Formula:ZnS |
| ⓘ'Wad' |
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- Santa Cruz County
- Tyndall Mining District
- Salero area
- Rosario Mine (Rosario group of claims)
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