Woodpecker Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048322
MRDS ID M899895
Record type Site
Current site name Woodpecker Mine
Related records 10258867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19653, 33.21398 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3.9 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)

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

  • THE SINGLE WOODPECKER CLAIM IS SURROUNDED BY THE GORMAN-HALL CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

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) -111.19653, 33.21398

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fissure Zones With Crustification Textures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSIVE AND VOLCANIC PERIOD 15.8 TO GREATER THAN 17.4 M.Y., QUARTZ LATITE IS 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 1937
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coronado Mining Co., Glen Linn, Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 OLD SHAFT WITH FAIRLY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, PURCHASED IN 1950 BY THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN MINING AND MILLING CO., ALONG WITH THE GORMAN-HALL GROUP OF CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA-MINERAL MOUNTAIN MINING AND MILLING CO. FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER 776

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 597, T.2S, R.11E, SE 1/2

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468,1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS A SILICIFIED MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE WITH ONE SHAFT AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORK DONE ON IT. IT IS REFERED TO AS THE WOODPECKER VEIN AND IS ONLY VEIN WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED.

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

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.