Iowana Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039525
MRDS ID M050219
Record type Site
Current site name Iowana Mine
Related records 10161888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58487, 31.73263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 17 MILES N OF SASABE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mildred Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 007E 36 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58487, 31.73263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Baboquivari District

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1933 - 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.0 Oz Au/Ton, 16 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb And Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 452g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1933 - 1936 , 1940 - 1941 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • OPERAOTRS INCLUDED JAMES C. SHIELDS, IOWANA MINES INC, CHARLES BENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 181 .

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ( 1 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT THE SAME MINE AS JUPITER MINE (MRDS RECORD M050488).
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000806 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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