California Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Marble, Dimension, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039595
MRDS ID M050392
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine
Alternate or previous names Mann Mine, Andrade
Related records 10113276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64679, 31.93929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF PANTANO, 27 MILES SE OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fagan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 017E 19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SECTION 19 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Marble, Dimension Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.64679, 31.93929

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Local Faults, Folding, Doming Above Granitic Intrusive. Thrust, Strike-Slip Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BANDS, CHIMNEYS, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Or Near Limestone - Granite Contacts, Within Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tucson Transfer Co.
    First year 1915

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period 1880 - 1915
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 % Cu, 5 Oz Ag/Ton, 2 % Pb, 0.5 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 141g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, INCLINE SHAFT, ADITS, AND OPEN PIT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 117 .

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582 .

  • Deposit

    GILLINGHAM, T. E., JR., 1936 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE CALIFORNIA MINE AREA, PIMA CO., ARIZONA: UNIV. OF ARIZONA MASTERS THESIS.

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 117 .

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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