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Sibley Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048106
MRDS ID M800099
Record type Site
Current site name Sibley Mine
Related records 10162249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16652, 32.29317 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NNW OF AMOLE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 19 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH UNNAMED, THIS IS THE ONLY PROSPECT IN QUARTER SECTION GIVEN BY MILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER BELL MINE 1/2 MILE SOUTH CONTAINS MALACHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16652, 32.29317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COPPER BELL MINE 1/2 MILE SOUTH USED, M050933

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1912

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Rothenhausle

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 84

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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