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Cardigan Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027146
MRDS ID M002275
Record type Site
Current site name Cardigan Mine
Related records 10186594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89213, 32.34954 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF AJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chico Shunie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 006W 28 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 28 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanic Rocks Are Altered

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89213, 32.34954
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near A Major Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ajo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1917 - 1926
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 10 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 282g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND SURFACE OPERATIONS, MAIN SHAFT IS OVER 100 FT DEEP AT 70 DEG INCLINE; NUMEROUS SHAFTS 15 TO 50 FT DEEP; PIT 45 FT BY 10 FT BY 10 FT IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 82 .

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 82 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED, 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ADJOINING NEW CORNELIA MINE PROPERTY. IDLE IN 1943 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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