Palo Verde Mine Amole

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109621
MRDS ID M050632
Record type Site
Current site name Palo Verde Mine Amole
Alternate or previous names Amole Group
Related records 10210955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07736, 32.14012 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(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 015S 012E 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SECTION 11 . SAN XAVIER INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07736, 32.14012

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Mineralized Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Limestone Lenses And Along Arkose-Porphyry Contact. Associated With Strong Fault Gouge And Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PRIMARY DEPOSIT-HG MIN. DISSEMINATED IN LEUCOCRATE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1918 - 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^13 % Zn, 2.2 % Pb, 0.7 % Cu, 2.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.06 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 79g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 102 .

  • Deposit

    KINNISON, J. E., 1958 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT: UA MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 .

  • Production

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SHAFTS LOCATED ABOUT 100 METERS TO N, AND 100 METERS N30W OF MAIN SHAFT, MAYBE PART OF PALO VERDE MINE. SHAFTS ARE OPEN BUT FILLED WITH JUNK. NO ORE SEEN ON DUMP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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