Windsor Mine

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039484
MRDS ID M050149
Record type Site
Current site name Windsor Mine
Alternate or previous names Bullis Claims
Related records 10186385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33734, 32.93927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 1.6 MILES SE OF ARAVAIPA ON FLANK OF IMPERIAL MOUNTAIN

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 006S 020E 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY FROM ROSS, 1925 SHOWS PB FROM TENTHS OF PCT TO 9 PCT; AG LESS THAN 15 OZ PER TON; CU 0.14 PCT. IN DRIFT FARTHER SOUTH, AG 0.94-2.42 OZ PER TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Vol Cretaceous Terti Silicic Lava & Tuff.;Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite
    Rock description Horse Mountain Vol Cretaceous Terti Silicic Lava & Tuff.;Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33734, 32.93927

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 Nnw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Grand Reef Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED BRECCIA ALONG GRAND REEF FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PODS OF ORE ALONG FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. 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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