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Montizona Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109011
MRDS ID M002274
Record type Site
Current site name Montizona Mine
Related records 10162023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10878, 32.44732 (WGS84)
Elevation 664
Relative position 9 1/2 MILES NW OF GU ACHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drew Spring Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa 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 011S 003E 19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 19 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ARGENTIFEROUS AND AURIFEROUS MINERALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10878, 32.44732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Along Fault Zone.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Quartz-Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1935

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1920 - 1935
    Material ORE CU ETC
    Description Cp_Grade: ^67 % Cu, 8 Oz Ag/Ton, 7 % Pb, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 67wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 253g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOPMENT DURING 1920'S TO MID 1930'S. HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED CU ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, TUNNELS, DIAMOND DRILLING.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED MONTIZONA COPPER 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. 115

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 115 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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