Pump Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10102522
MRDS ID M003430
Record type Site
Current site name Pump Mine
Alternate or previous names Purple Pansey
Related records 10210842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12715, 33.76562 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF AGUILA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiger Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 008W 19 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Lead Ore
Epidote Gangue
Wulfenite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12715, 33.76562

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 46N
    Length 914.4M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST BANDS RUN PARALLEL TO THE VEIN. UPPER LEVEL ORE HAS BEEN HIGHLY OXIDIZED, LOWER LEVEL OXIDIZED VERY LITTLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Big Horn District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner A And J Mining Co. , Tricon Minerals
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Thomas
    First year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 111.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 MAIN LEVELS, PROSPECTED ON THE SURFACE FOR 4000 FEET BY SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. SHAFTS = 90M, 50M, 25M; PITS EXTEND OVER 1200 M.

Comments on development

  • 17 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991

  • Deposit

    MINING JOUR, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1938-1946

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Production

    ALLEN, 1985, P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit VEIN IS CUT OFF BY NNW-TRENDING, WEST-WSW-DIPPING LOW- TO MODERATE-ANGLE NORMAL FALT.
Deposit 17 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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