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M.C.M. Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026921
MRDS ID M001076
Record type Site
Current site name M.C.M. Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Guadalupe Group
Related records 10210533

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33458, 31.53735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 2.5 MILES S OF ARIVACA; 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF AJAX MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 05 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • .

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized; Surface Weathering

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33458, 31.53735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Period 1900-1933
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^63 Oz Ag/Ton, 1 Oz Au/Ton, 10 % Pb, 4 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 1779g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM PRIOR TO 1900 TO 1933 .

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SHALLOW WORKINGS, TYPE UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CRAWFORD, ROWCROF, M.C.M. MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M800078 BY DON E. GEST HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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