Hughes Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10039503
MRDS ID M050177
Record type Site
Current site name Hughes Mine
Related records 10113360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7979, 31.76235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 37 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 019S 015E 22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7979, 31.76235

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
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults & Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE 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
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • AU AND AG AVERAGED 100 DOLLARS PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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-AUG-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.