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Contact Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102419
MRDS ID M001468
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Bucket, Rusty Red, Tom Rigg
Related records 10283175

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.34041, 31.53319 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Relative position 3 MILES S OF ARIVACA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTER SECTION 8 .

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.34041, 31.53319
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS ARE METAMORPHOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Arivaca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1934 - 1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.3 % Cu, 3 % Pb, Zn Not Recovered.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900 , 1934 - 1939 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CATES, A.D. ANDERSON, WESLEY W. CATS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 105

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 105 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED AND WEATHERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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