Old Ripsey Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046293
MRDS ID M241191
Record type Site
Current site name Old Ripsey Mine
Alternate or previous names Ripsey Mine, Ripsey Canyon Mine
Related records 10113444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.97486, 33.00342 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1000 FT SW OF RIPSEY HILL, 4 Shafts. Utm Is An Aveage Point Between Them.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kearny(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 013E 12 SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN RIPSEY WASH APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 MILES SW OF KEARNY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.97486, 33.00342

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Irregular To Ew Trending Outcrop Of Granodiorite S Of Mine Complexly Faulted Precambrian Sediments 1/4 To 1/2 Mile E Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ns Trending Diabase Outcrop, Surrounded By Ruin Granite

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 45-50S

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Ripsey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED: MARTIN FISHBACK 1944 (CU AND AG); RIPSEY CANYON MN. WAS ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S OR LATE 1890'S IDLE IN 1911, AND IDLE AFTER 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FL RANSOME 1923 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, RAY FOLIO P. 23

  • Deposit

    ADMR RIPSEY CANYON MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA CLUSTER #660

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE GQ-1188, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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