Deen Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109780
MRDS ID M241196
Record type Site
Current site name Deen Mine
Alternate or previous names Pay Day, Junction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.02875, 33.03648 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Center Of Sw 1/4 Section 33 Assumed, Adit And Prospects On Quadrangle

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayback(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 013E 33 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.02875, 33.03648

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dikes And Fault Fissures Trend Both Ew And Nw In District
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fissures And Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike In Mine Area

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones Associated With Rhyodacite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1961

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tommy Deen,
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED AS PAY DAY (WITH OPERATORS DEEN, DEEN AND DANIELS) HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR THIS MINE ON ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY LEO WALL AND DUDLEY WALKER, 1948-1950, DEEN AND DANIELS AND DEEN, 1956-1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ 1206, 1975.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USBM FILES SHOW DEEN AND JUNCTION TO BE SYNONYMS. THIS ENTRY AND ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION IS FOR GROUP OF CLAIMS IN SW 1/4 SECTION 33. DEEN CLAIMS EXTEND INTO NW OF SE 1/4, SECTION 33. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 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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