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Arizona Consolidated Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108980
MRDS ID M001018
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Uncle Sam, Josephine
Related records 10210562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.1493, 32.31344 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 11 MILES NW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 07,08,17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTER SECTION 7 , W 1/2 SECTION 8 , NW 1/4 SECTION 17 . LOCATION (UTM) IS GENERAL FOR MINING AREA. SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritized And Silicified Andesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.1493, 32.31344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strongly Altered Shear Zones And Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLOCKS OF DOLOMITE CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES ARE PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1905

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Period 1900 - 1909
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.7 % Cu, 2.6 Oz Ag/Ton, Traces Of Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 82g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • OWNERS INCLUDED ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO AND ARIZONA COPPER MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 83

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 83 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINES THAT MAKE UP THIS GROUP HAVE SEPARATE CRIB RECORDS, BUT NAMES WERE NOT GIVEN TO THE RECORDS DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION. THESE OTHER RECORDS ARE FIELD EXAMINATIONS BY ROGER ASHLEY IN 1974 , THEY ARE LISTED HERE BY RECORD NUMBER: M050870 , M050871 , M050843 , M050899 , M050900 , AND M051017 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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