Mary G Mine Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048097
MRDS ID M800085
Record type Site
Current site name Mary G Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Mary E, Princess Group
Related records 10113512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.31569, 31.6743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF CERRO COLORADO PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 010E 21 CENTER OF E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 100 YARDS FROM E. EDGE, SECTION 21. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized, Propylitized, Drusy Quartz

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.31569, 31.6743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Cutting Main Fault Include N 40 Deg E And N 60 Deg W, Northerly Dip

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 45 W
    Depth to bottom 41.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Adjacent To Fault Intersections, Ne Trending Main Fault N 10 Deg E 45 Deg W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO CERRO COLORADO MINE, M050286. ; HR.AGE.MV: ANDESITE PORPHYRY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Clark
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Cerro Colorado District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Battle Ax Mining Co.
    Home office Tucson, Ariz
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. G. Worsley

Comments on development

  • OPEN 1928-50, EXCEPTING 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1945. OPERATORS: L.A. ROBERTS (1949-1950), ACME MINING & DEVELOPMENT (1951). 1984-86: SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT, PILOT MILL TEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, R.E., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE MARY G MINE AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY ARIZONA M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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