Republic Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046281
MRDS ID M241175
Record type Site
Current site name Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Ace, Super Six
Related records 10283701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04961, 32.59371 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN, Location Measured To Adit Symbol In General Area Of Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kohatk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 003E 33 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS REWARD MINE WHICH IS TO THE NORTHEAST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04961, 32.59371

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North East Striking Fault And Dike, Minor Nw Striking Faults
Type of structure Regional
Structure description North East Striking Fault, E-W Striking Faults, Beds Strike Ne Dip 20 To 35 Nw

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North East Strking Fault And Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • TENNY DATES LIMESTONE AS PENNSYLVANIAN, MF-931 DATES LIMESTONE MISSISIPIAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1917

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST WORKING IS A SHAFT 100FT DEEP WITH A DRIFT OF 170 FT AT THE BOTTOM

Comments on development

  • VAN H. BROOKS AND DAVID W. CUMMINGS OPERATED BOTH THE REPUBLIC AND REWARD MINES IN 1912 THROUGH 1916; THE GADSDEN COPPER CO. ALSO OPERATED BOTH MINES IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-931

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, JAMES B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA 1927-1929 P. 337

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934, P 12-13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT ALONG FAULT AND DIKE STRIKING NORTH EAST IN A LIMESTONE BED DIPPING 20 DEGREES WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.