Swede Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026870
MRDS ID M000667
Record type Site
Current site name Swede Mine
Alternate or previous names Swede Mine and Clark Prospect, Cole Tungsten Prospect, Old Swede Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.99237, 33.36119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI NE OF SUPERIOR, N OF PINAL RANCH IN POWERS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 013E 12 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.99237, 33.36119

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Shear Zone, Fault Displacing Vein 20 Ft

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-35E
    Dip 65 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Intersection With Granite Porphyry Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • SWEDE VEIN TRAVERSES AN IRREGULAR TONGUE OF PINAL SCHIST PROJECTING INTO GRANITE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE SLIGHTLY DISCORDANT WITH SCHISTOSITY . REPLACEMENT MOST COMPLETE WHERE SHEAR ZONE IS INTERSECTED BY GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helen Marie Cole

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Yielded 60 Lbs Of Conc Assaying 32.4% W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 32wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CROSSCUT AND DRIFTS. SMALL OPEN CUTS, PITS, AND PROSPECT HOLES

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1963, USGS BULL 1141-H

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Production

    PETERSON, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000667 WITH RECORD M030484 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MOST OF WOLFRAMITE S OF FAULT CONFINED TO 10 INCH STREAK ON HANGING WALL AT SURFACE AND ON FOOTWALL IN CROSSCUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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