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Mockingbird Mine

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039940
MRDS ID M051144
Record type Site
Current site name Mockingbird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.04958, 32.59677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 013E 6 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Oracle Granite
    Rock description Oracle Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 74 SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • GREATER THAN 50' SHAFT & 2 - 3 PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N., DOCKTOR, R., BRISKEY J., 1976, MAPS OF MINES ETC., IN THE TORTOLITA MTNS QUAD, MAP A, OPEN FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2' QTZ VEIN - SPARCE PYRITE, COPPER STAIN.
Deposit SPARCE PYRITE IN QTZ VEIN. BRIGHT YELLOW POWDER MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED. GALENA & COPPER STAINS. SHAFT PLOTTED N 50 W FROM THIS IS A PROSPECT ON SAME STRUCTURE. ORIGINALLY CALLED MOCKINGBIRD MINE, PRODUCED SILVER, NO PRODUCTION RECORDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Dockter, Roger D. (Banks, Norman G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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