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Head Center Mine.

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039449
MRDS ID M050095
Record type Site
Current site name Head Center Mine.
Related records 10282747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33929, 32.97704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF ARAVAIPA AT HEAD OF WILLIAMSON CANYON.

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 020E 19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST ORE TO DEEPEST LEVELS IS OXIDIZED ASSAY SHOWS 38 PCT. PB, 1-29 PCT. ZN, 0-6 PCT. CU, 1-8 OZ. AG PER TON, 0.1 OZ AU PER TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Silicic Lava And Tuff.;Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale
    Rock description Horse Mountain Silicic Lava And Tuff.;Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33929, 32.97704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip 30-45 N.
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Limestone - Shale And Volcanics.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERAL BEARING VEINS ARE IN PORPHYRITIC DACITE OR QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKE ALONG THE FAULT ZONE. SOME BRECCIATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION LISTED UNDER HEAD CENTER MINE, SHOWS PRODUCTION YEARS AS 1956, 1957, 1969 AND 1970 IN THE USBM AND ABGMT FILE DATA. SIMONS (1964), SAYS THERE WAS PRODUCTION BEFORE 1956, BUT SHOWS NO RECORD OF THIS PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 210 FT. LONG, SEVERAL LEVELS. 350 FT INCLINED SHAFT, ALSO AN OPEN CUT IS PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • LIST OF OPERATORS INCLUDES ATHLETIC MINING CO. AND FAR MINING ENTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 156

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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