Cole and Goodwin Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104087
MRDS ID M241216
Record type Site
Current site name Cole and Goodwin Mine
Alternate or previous names Sulfite, Little Miami

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92819, 33.29898 (WGS84)
Elevation 1242
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SSE OF GIBSON MINE, 5 MILES W OF SIGNAL PEAK, N SIDE LYONS CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 014E 34 SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES E OF GILA/PINAL COUNTY LINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92819, 33.29898

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Shears And Schultze Granite Dikes Throughout Area. Precambrian Madera Diorite Outcrops 1/2 Mile E Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Is Parallel To Schist Bedding-Foliation, But Has Discordant Dip To The Sw, Ore Ends In Minor Premineral Cross Fault. Offset Segment Is Only Slightly Mineralized. Granite Dikes Parallel To Shear Zone Both 1/2 Mile N And 1/2 Mile S

Ore body information

  • Strike N48E
    Dip 40-45NW
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Shear Zone N 48 E, Dip 40-45 Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH REGIONAL NE TRENDING FRACTURE SYSTEM AND NE GRANITIC INTRUSIVES, BOTH ETERT PROBABLE AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Pinal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 480 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 700 FT OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT IN 1919 TWO OR THREE DRIFTS AND SOME SURFACE TUNNELS IN 1915.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED COLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ARIZONA GLOBE COPPER CO, AND P.J. HICKEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VARIABLE WIDTHS REPORTED BUT AVERAGE WAS 2-4 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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