High Hill Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026760
MRDS ID M000104
Record type Site
Current site name High Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Twin Buttes
Related records 10210555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14763, 31.84901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES SW OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Batamote Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 012E 19,20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTER SECTION 19, W CENTER SECTION 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14763, 31.84901

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY, IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANICS ARE ANDESITE TUFFS, BRECCIAS FLOWS AND SOME CONGLOMERATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1931 - 1954
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 % Pb, 3 % Zn, 2 % Cu, 3 Oz. Ag/Ton, 0.07 Oz. Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • OPERAOTRS INCLUDED AMARGOSA MOLYBDENUM CO, C.D. WILSON, AND COPPER CORP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. C., 1960 , SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 135 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 135 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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