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Bluff Mine Group

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. 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. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048085
MRDS ID M800067
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Mine Group
Related records 10159124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68262, 32.47372 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF MARBLE PEAK, IN ALDER CANYON

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 016E 13 CENTER OF S Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED TO BE ADIT SHOWN ON NW SLOPE OF ALDER CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68262, 32.47372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Intrusives Into Paleozoic Limestones

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Or Fault Near, But Not On Contact With, Intrusive Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Marble Peak District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin Combs, 1956-1957

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL WORKINGS. SPORADIC PRODUCTION, 80 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 13% PB, 3% ZN 3 OZ AG/TON, MINOR CU AND AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 130

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BRAUN, E.R., 1969 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MARBLE PEAK AREA, SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA M.S THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD, ZINC, AND MINOR COPPER SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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