Dimple Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039633
MRDS ID M050543
Record type Site
Current site name Dimple Mine
Alternate or previous names Noscut Mine
Related records 10113849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70374, 31.92318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 7 MILES NE OF HELVETIA

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)

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 017S 016E 27,28 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite ?; Pyrite Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70374, 31.92318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fractures And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1915 - 1949
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^13 % Pb, 11 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 311g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 13wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADITS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TERREL & JARNAGIN, L.S. GREYBILL, C.H. TUCK, MIKE HINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S. C., 1973 .

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 125 .

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG PYRITIC ALTERATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.