Gould Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10039678
MRDS ID M050637
Record type Site
Current site name Gould Mine
Related records 10283581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16597, 32.25817 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF AVRA

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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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 012E 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Epidote-Garnet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16597, 32.25817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1907 - 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1907 - 1912 , AND 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNELS, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 84

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.