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Gorman-Hall Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048304
MRDS ID M899863
Record type Site
Current site name Gorman-Hall Mine
Alternate or previous names Gorham-Hall, Silver Pick
Related records 10137939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19737, 33.21398 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3.6 MILES NE OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV-3351)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 011E 35 SW OF SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN TO TWO SHAFTS JUST WEST OF THE WOODPECKER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching And Oxidized Mineralization At Near Surface.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19737, 33.21398
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones Nw-Se, Dip 40 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 40 TO 90 DEGREES SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones, Nw Trending, With Crustification Textures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSION AND VOLCANISM. 15.8-17.4 M.Y. QUARTZ LATITZ EXPOSED 1 MILE WEST OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Eisenberg , En. Perkins , Silver Pick (Peak) Mining Co.
    First year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pat Gorham , Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW WORKINGS (PITS & CUTS, 2 100 FT INCLINED SHAFTS (55 DEGREE INCLINE))

Comments on development

  • IN 1950 THE GORMAN-HALL GROUP OF CLAIMS WAS PURCHASED BY THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN MINING AND MILLING CO WHICH ALSO OWNS THE WOODPECKER MINE TO THE EAST. THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1948. THERE ARE 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS MAKING UP THE GROUP. SOME OF THE NAMES ARE BLUE BELL, SILVER PICK, JUMBO, FAIRVIEW, AND BADGER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA-ORPHAN BOY FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #776

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GROUP OF CLAIMS ARE INTERSECTED BY NUMEROUS SILLISIFIED MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES WITH 4 PROMINENT VIENS BEING DEVELOPED THE MOST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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