Blue Eagle Mine

Ownership

Hale, Ewing, Soto⁵

Location

31.49222, -110.75611⁴

22S 16E W. Cen. 30⁵

Mineral Products

Cu, Ag, Au-, Pb-, Zn-⁵

Geology

Partly oxidized bornite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite with argentite in a well-banded quartz vein along a fault zone between Jurassic-Triassic rhyolite volcanics and strongly silicified sediments. Marked by a pyritic gossan.⁵

Type of Operation

Tunnel operations. Produced sporadically, in the early 1900's and in 1956, some 130 tons of ore averaging about 10% Cu, 11 oz. Ag/T and minor Pb, Zn, and Au.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, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
3. Mike Bertram, 11/21/23
4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - possibly using NAD72 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
5. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 1991, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
6. Geology of the Three R Mine, Palmetto Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona by Paul Handverger, MS thesis 1963, University of Arizona
7. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10046338
8. https://azdeq.gov/Three-R-Mine
9. https://tucson.com/news/local/three-r-mine-contributed-to-arizonas-rep-for-copper-production/article_2a25e1e1-7280-5fd5-be97-a40732a39b1b.html
10. mindat.org