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Wellington Mine

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039585
MRDS ID M050375
Record type Site
Current site name Wellington Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.06902, 31.9204 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 12E 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER STAINS ON DUMP.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Helmet Fanglomerate
    Rock description Helmet Fanglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.06902, 31.9204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 37.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along San Xavier Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1922 BULL. 725J.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1960, BULL. 1112

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONGS SAN XAVIER THRUST THAT STRIKES N70 DEG. E. HERE; PZ LS AGAINST TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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