| Deposit ID | 10039485 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050151 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tenstrike Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tenstrike Group |
| Related records | 10258669 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.3265, 32.90732 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1417 |
| Relative position | 3.9 MILES SSE OF ARAVAIPA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006S | 020E | 17 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Linarite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Amethyst | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Laurel Canyon Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Laurel Canyon Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Horse Mountain Volcanics |
| Rock description | Horse Mountain Volcanics |
| (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 W |
| Dip | 88 SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050151 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090336 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763
1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461
CIMRI
ROSS, C.P. 1925
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION IN SEVERAL FAULT ZONES. QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VEIN DRUSES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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