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Sweet Bye and Bye Claim

Past 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039491
MRDS ID M050160
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Bye and Bye Claim
Alternate or previous names Saratoga
Related records 10113598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75985, 31.82791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 28 MILES S.E. OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 15E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 36.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Melaconite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite56+-2my Quartz Latite
    Rock description Quartz Latite56+-2my Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Willow Canyon Formation Cretaceous Conglomerate And Siltstone
    Rock description Willow Canyon Form Cretaceous Conglomerate And Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75985, 31.82791
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust And Normal Faulting-Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENSES, POCKETS
    Strike N5E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Due To Quartz Latite Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE GEN. IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971 ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1880-1918
    Material ORE CU AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7% Cu, 3 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSITTUNNELS AND OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED C.L. JONES, E. MCFAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V.1 NO. 2

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.128.

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE
Deposit THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey

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