Stratton Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
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 10103760
MRDS ID M050643
Record type Site
Current site name Stratton Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Hat
Related records 10138003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74429, 32.46594 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Relative position NE OF STRATTON CAMP SPRING, S OF MARBLE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bigelow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 016E 20 NW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Leatherhead Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Leatherhead Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation; Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Formation; Martin Formation; Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74429, 32.46594

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N45-55e Fault Shifts Tactite Zone 500 Ft Ne. Bedding Plane Faults Striking Nw, Dip Ne & Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 27NE
    Length 106.68M
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Garnet Epidote Skarn

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

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HAND SORTED TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN THE PAST

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES IN S MINERALIZED ZONE ARE ESTIMATED AT 2,000 TONS INDICATE D ORE AND 8,000 TONS INFERRED ORE AT 2-3% CU. THE N MINERALIZED ZONE I S ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 15,000 TONS OF TACTITE, PROBABLY TOO LOW IN GRA DE

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT LONG INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECT ADITS. LOWER 30 FT OF SHAF T IS FLOODED. 2 ADITS ABOUT 50 FT LONG ARE LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT N OF S TRATTON SPRING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BRAUN, 1969, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

  • Reserve-Resource

    PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO BOTTOM 5 FT OF TACTITE AND FORMS ZON E 2.5 FT THICK
Deposit THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050643 WITH RE CORD M030530 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

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.