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Indiana-Arizona Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10103757
MRDS ID M050601
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana-Arizona Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Carbonate Group, Burro, Homestake, Abbie Waterman, Paddy Woods
Related records 10186159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47903, 32.35594 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 0.5 MI NW OF WATERMAN PEAK, 1.5 MI S OF SILVER BELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 008E 25 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Impregnated With Iron Oxide

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Waterman Alaskite
    Rock description Waterman Alaskite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Martin Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zones And Strong Faults Trending Nw And E To Ne, Some Fold Ing

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
    Strike N55E; N20E; N45E
    Dip 85NW; 65NW; 70SE
  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
    Strike N55E; N20E; N45E
    Dip 85NW; 65NW; 70SE
  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
    Strike N55E; N20E; N45E
    Dip 85NW; 65NW; 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones Along Faults & Fissures In Sedimentary Rocks And At C Ontact With Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER UNITS IN AREA INCLUDE ABRIGO FORMATION, ESCABROSA LIMESTONE, NACO FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Waterman District

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Period 1907-1969
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7% Pb, 7% Zn, 8 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 226g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1907-1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS; INDIANA VEIN HAS 190 FT DRIFT ON 92' L EVEL, 250 FT DRIFT ON 169' LEVEL, 230 FT DRIFT ON 224' LEVEL, AND 350 FT DRIFT ON 350' LEVEL; WATERMAN VEIN HAS 150 FT VERTICAL STOPE WITH 2 50 FT DRIFT; BURRO VEIN HAS 2 ADITS 200 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED WATERMAN MTN MANGANESE, GOLDEN CROWN MINING CO , WESTERN MINERALS, BOYD & PILLARD, INDIANA-ARIZONA DEVELOPMENT CO, IN DIANA-ARIZONA COPPER CO, INT'L ORE SEPARATION CO, INDIANA-ARIZONA MINI NING CO, KNOX-ARIZONA MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLYMONDS, 1959, AGS GUIDEBOOK II

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    RUFF, 1952, MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 MAIN VEINS: INDIANA, WATERMAN, BURRO
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050601 WITH RE CORD M030545 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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