Jackson Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039499
MRDS ID M050172
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine
Related records 10210933

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86596, 31.76874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1393
Relative position 6.5 MI W OF GREATERVILLE; 1 MI S OF MCCLEARY CAMP ON JACKSON CANYO N

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)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 019S 014E 24 SE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Cap

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Madera Canyon Granodiorite;Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Madera Canyon Granodiorite;Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86596, 31.76874

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal; Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S, Extensive Faulting I N
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust And Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • Dip 72 NNW
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MADERA CANYON GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVE INTO ELEPHANT HEAD QUARTZ MON ZONITE AND RHYOLITE OF MIDDLE MEMBER OF MT WRIGHTSON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1915-1919
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9% Cu, 3 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 9wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582

  • Deposit

    DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-613

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189

  • Deposit

    ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050172 WITH RE CORD M030553 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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