Clark Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109778
MRDS ID M241186
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Mine
Alternate or previous names Clark-Scanlon, Reliable
Related records 10283483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48624, 32.75677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 100 YARDS S OF COPPER PRINCE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 018E 10 N Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS ESTIMATED, N 1/2 SECTION 10 IS ALL KNOWN ABOUT LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY CU AND AG PRODUCED 1905 TO 1930

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite;Glory Hole Volcanics (Hornfels From Andesite)
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite;Glory Hole Volcanics (Hornfels From Andesite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48624, 32.75677

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT THIS MINE EXCEPT ITS PROXIMITY TO THE OLD RELIABLE, AND ITS PRODUCTION. THE ADIT MAY BE ONE IN GLORY HOLE PYRITIC HORNFELS DESCRIBED BY SIMONS, 1964, P 167.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Bunker Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clark, A. C.
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION MAY INCLUDE COPPER PRINCE, GLORY GOLE, AND SUPERIOR PROSPECTS AS WELL AS MINE DESCRIBED HERE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL 36, P. 512.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1964. USGS PP 461, P158-168.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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