Hatch Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088904
MRDS ID M899859
Record type Site
Current site name Hatch Mine
Alternate or previous names Harvey Hatcher Mine, Hatch Group
Related records 10210701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73985, 32.70121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF SIGNAL PEAK (ELV. 4364), Intersection Of Sections 29,30,31,32

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 016E 29,30,31,32 INTERSECTION OF (29) AND (30) AND (31) AND (32) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Cloudburst Formation
    Rock description Cloudburst Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73985, 32.70121

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Manuel Fault-Nw To Se, 1/2 Mile North Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Intrusives 1/4 Mile Se And 1/4 Mile Sw Of Mine Area. Strike Of Volcanics N To Nw, E Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTS FROM ADMR MENTION QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY WITH A FEW FEET OF OVERBURDEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Harvey Hatcher
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Mammoth District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harvey Hatcher , Ardith Long
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harvey Hatcher
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE EXPLORATION BY MEANS OF OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 56 UNPATENTED CLAIMS CONTAINING MANGANESE AND COPPER. LOCATED IN 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER #523

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES HATCH GROUP FILE

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S.C. 1967, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE MAMMOTH QUAD. PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, MSGS, BULL, 1218, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SCATTERED MANGANESE OUTCROPS. VEINS ARE FOUND IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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