| 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: | -110.70374, 31.92318 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1317 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES NE OF HELVETIA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 016E | 27,28 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bournonite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock |
| (1) | -110.70374, 31.92318 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENSING |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1923 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Cuprite District |
|---|
| Year | 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1915 - 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^13 % Pb, 11 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Zn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050543 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190195 |
CREASEY, S. C., 1973 .
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 125 .
( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 125
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STRONG PYRITIC ALTERATION |
| 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 |
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