| Deposit ID | 10039591 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050383 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Senator Morgan Mine |
| Related records | 10113317 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.07625, 31.88679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MI SW OF TWIN BUTTES |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 012E | 01,02 | SW4 (01); SE4 (02) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hedenbergite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | 2 OZ/T AG REPORTED |
|---|---|
| Result | ORE 0.805% WO3 PRODUCED FLOATATION CONCENTRATE S ASSAYING 62.08% WO3 WITH A RECOVERY OF 92.5% |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -111.07625, 31.88679 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shearing Parallel To And In Veins, Nw Faulting With Some Ne Faulti Ng |
| General form | SHORT LENSES |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 274.32M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Pima District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Baxter |
| Home office | Twin Buttes |
| Year | 1913 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1906-1913 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2 Oz/T Ag | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | CU ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^4% Cu, 9 Oz/T Ag, Minor Zn, Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | W ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1.25% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050383 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190392 |
BROWN, 1926, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
DALE, ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 138
WHITCOMB, 1948, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
MANUGA, 1942, PHD THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
LEMMON, S. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.
CIMRI
DALE, 1960; KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FRACTURE ZONE, AND EXTENDS DOW N TO 900 FT WHERE MINABLE GRADE ORE RUNS OUT OR GRANITE IS ENCOUNTERED . W ORE OCCURS IN WNW STRIKING QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS THAT EXTEND UP TO 50 FT LONG AND 10 FT WIDE. THESE VEINS OCCUR IN CRET (?) QUARTZITE AND SHALES FOR 600 FT. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050383 WITH RECORD M030539 OF JAN WILT AND RECORD D000819 OF JAMES ELLIOT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1875 OR 1876 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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