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Busterville Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039677
MRDS ID M050636
Record type Site
Current site name Busterville Mine
Related records 10210497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.18041, 32.32872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 013S 011E 01 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitic; Chalcopyrite Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.18041, 32.32872
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N38W
    Dip 50E
    Width 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE IS FINE-GRAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 4 PITS AND TUNNEL OVER 80M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R.P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP OF SHEAR ZONE APPEARS TO BECOME SHALLOWER IMMEDIATELY BELOW SURFACE. QUARTZ VEINING WITH LIMONITE, CU SILICATES, MALACHITE AND SOME RELICT CHALCOPYRITE. ALSO SOME CU SILICATES ON FRACTURES. QUARTZ VEINS TO SEVERAL CM. SOME LATE CALCITE VEINING. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Ashley, Roger P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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