Dogwater Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103742
MRDS ID M050154
Record type Site
Current site name Dogwater Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Cable Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.31539, 32.8726 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.7 MI NNE OF KLONDYKE, 0.75 MI S OF GRAND REEF MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondyke(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 020E 33 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification In Fault Breccia, Strong Alteration To White Clay M Inerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Volcanics;Goodwin Canyon Quartz Monzonite ; Possibly Santa Teresa Granit E
    Rock description Horse Mountain Volcanics;Goodwin Canyon Quartz Monzonite ; Possibly Santa Teresa Granit E
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 25
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist: Schistose Graywacke, Schist, Metavolcanics
    Rock description Pinal Schist: Schistose Graywacke, Schist, Metavolcanics

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous E To Ne Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Waterfall Canyon Fault Offsetting Grand Reef Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N18W
    Dip 85SW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • WULFENITE OCCURS IN VEINS UP TO 1 INCH THICK, MAY BE HYPOGENE MINE RAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 160 TONS OF CONCENTRATES; ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION IS PART OF A 117 T ON SHIPMENT OF WHICH PART CAME FROM GRAND REEF AND ARAVAIPA MINES

Comments on the workings information

  • DOGWATER ADIT 140 FT LONG, SMALL STOPE TO SURFACE, SHORT WINZE; S ILVER CABLE ADIT A FEW HUNDRED LONG WITH STOPES. SILVER CABLE ADIT IS 250 FT NNE OF DOGWATER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 763, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050154 WITH RE CORD M030460 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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