Geesman Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109622
MRDS ID M050640
Record type Site
Current site name Geesman Group
Alternate or previous names Camp Apache, Control Mines
Related records 10259396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7329, 32.47567 (WGS84)

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 11S 16E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SECTION 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7329, 32.47567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 48.77M
    Width 42.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Contact With Quartz Diorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1940-1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 11wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1937-1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.6 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 19g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CONTROL MINES CO, COPPER CO., CATALINA CONSOLIDATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.P. & CREASEY, S.C. 1943, SOME COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE OLD HAT MINING DISTRICT, ARIZ: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE.

  • Deposit

    DALE, ETAL 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA & SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5650

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.130.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000801 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1975 Elliot, James E. 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.