No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silica
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039438
MRDS ID M050080
Record type Site
Current site name No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Number One Mine
Related records 10209515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35929, 32.95649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 1/4 MILE WEST OF ARAVAIPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 019E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Quartzite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35929, 32.95649

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Trending Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 38 W
    Dip 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ESCABROSA LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST HORSE MTN. VOLCANICS. PROBABLE FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ESCABROSA AND BOLSA / MARTIN FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • $90,000 OF PB. CARBONATE ORE PRODUCED IN 1916.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT, INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 156, SER 18

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DENTON, 1947.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOLSA QUARTZITE REACHED AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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