Maudina Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103553
MRDS ID M030487
Record type Site
Current site name Maudina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72762, 32.55205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1 MI SE OF CAMPO BONITO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(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

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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 016E 17,20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PURE GOLD AND MORNING STAR MINE ARE GROUPED AS BONITO MINE ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MAMMOTH 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Escabrosa-Restricted To Faults & Fractures Relat Ed To Mogul Fault

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Rice Peak Granodiorite Porphyry
    Rock description Rice Peak Granodiorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone, Recrystallized To Marble; Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone, Recrystallized To Marble; Escabrosa Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72762, 32.55205

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mogul Fault Dips 30-60s And Is 50 Ft Thick Breccia & Mylonite Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 50S
    Plunge 45 DEG
    Plunge direction E
    Length 60.96M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Block Of Escabrosa Limestone Adjacent To The Mogul Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CERUSSITE & WULFENITE WERE IN UPPER 50 FT OF ORE SHOOT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 53.34M
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • PURE GOLD: 175 FT ADIT, 30 X 60 FT OPEN CUT, 35 FT INCLINED SHAFT , 88 FT ADIT, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS. CODY TUNNEL: 833 FT TUNNEL, 335 FT CRO SSCUTS. OLD MAUDINA MINE: 175 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100 , 150, AND 175 FT, THE LEVELS COMPRISE ABOUT 1000 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, 1967, USGS BULL 1218

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, 1950, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1959, USBM RI 5516

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PURE GOLD IN UPPER SILICIFIED AREA, OLD MAUDINA MINE ALONG STEEP DIPPING FAULTS. SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030487 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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