Daily Group

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039680
MRDS ID M050641
Record type Site
Current site name Daily Group
Alternate or previous names Controll Mines, May Include All Or Part of Gesman Claims.
Related records 10186630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72985, 32.47289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bigelow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11S 16E 16,17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY ALSO IN SECTIONS 18, 19, 20, 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation; Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation; Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72985, 32.47289

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crests & Flanks Of 3 Small Gently Plunging Ridges

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1968
Production years 1939-1940

Mining district

District name Marble Peak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1937-1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 0.8 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 23g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CONTROL MINES INC, A2 COPPER MINES, DAILY MINES CO, T.S. SANFORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.P. & CREASEY, S.C. 1943, SOME COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE OLD HAT MINING DISTRICT, ARIZ.: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    DALE, ET AL, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA & SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: U.S.B.M. RI 5650

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.130.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1962, COPPER IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MR 13.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (8)KEITH,S.B.,1974.(1)PETERSON & CREASEY,1943.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000798 (ELLIOT, J.E.) AND D003605 (HASLER, J.W.) WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Hasler, J. William 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.