Buckeye Mine Group

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048307
MRDS ID M899870
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Climax, Troy Property, Troy-Arizona
Related records 10259282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9118, 33.13731 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ONE HALF MILE NW OF TIGER MOUNTAIN, Group Consist Of Interconnected Tunnels And Claims, Including In Sw 1/4, Section28

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(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)

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 003S 014E 27 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS LOCATION OF BUCKEYE SHAFT, OTHER SHAFTS IN GROUP ARE NORTH,EAST, AND WESTAPPROX 1/4 MILE FROM BUCKEYE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Rattler Granodiorite
    Rock description Rattler Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9118, 33.13731

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granodiorite Intrusives Surround Mine, With Large Body 1/4 Mile Ne Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ns Trending Fault W Of Mine (Gq-1021)

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH GRANODIORITE INTRUSION OPENED CHANNELS FOR MINERALIZATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TROY IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS AND 150 FT SHAFT IN 1923, ONE LEVEL 1000 FT LONG. SHAFT DOWN TO AT LEAST 500 FT IN 1920'S CLIMAX SHAFT 400 FT IN 1917.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED TROY ARIZONA COPPER, TROY MANHATTAN COMPANY, TROY COPPER CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ 1021, 1971

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR TROY AND RATTLER FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L. 1923 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. RAY FOLIO, MAP AND P.22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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