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Elephant Butte Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109787
MRDS ID M241228
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant Butte Mine
Related records 10283505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.27792, 33.33369 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position AT ELEPHANT BUTTE, Utm Based On Usbm Mils Location Of Center Of N2 Of Sec.24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence Junction(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 001S 010E 24 CENTER OF N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.27792, 33.33369
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 75NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Diabase Sills And Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE SILLS AND DIKES IN 1977 CRIB REPORT BY J. WILLIAM HASLER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Jesse And Hart Mullins

Mining district

District name Florence Junction Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period After 1951
    Material W ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10% Wo3 - Given To Rock Hounds
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 10wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 0.5 TONS OF ORE OF GRADE ESTIMATED AT 10 PERCENT WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL 10 FT DEEP PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS , ONLY ONE POCKET OF ORE HAS BEEN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 10 FT

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ELEPHANT COPPER CO. WAS OPERATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5516, 1959, P. 47-48

  • Deposit

    J. WILLIAM HASLER, 1977 CRIB FILE

  • Production

    DALE, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS INCLUDE BOTH THIS MINE AND THE WHETROCKS MINE IN THE RANDOLPH DISTRICT, 6 MILES EAST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ORE IN DISCONTINUOUS PARALLEL VEINS CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING CLEAVAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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