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Continental Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109790
MRDS ID M241239
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Mine
Alternate or previous names Continental Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94764, 33.41897 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MILE NW OF JEWEL HILL, Group Of Shafts On Map In Usgs Pp 342, Center Point Used

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 20 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 3/4 MILE N OF CASTLE DOME MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite;Diabase
    Rock description Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite;Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94764, 33.41897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jewel Hill Fault, 1/4 Mile Ne, Faults Paleozoic Sediments And Tertiary Whitetail Conglomerate To The Sw Against Prec Pinal Schist To The Ne. Another Nw Trending Fault With Associated Off Shoots Goes Through Mine Area.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Diabase Faulted Against Quartz Monzonite, Which Forms Fault Block And Also Outcrops In Large Pod W And S Of Mine. The Pod Extends S To The Castle Dome Mine

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHY BENEATH 100 FT, TABULAR ABOVE 100 FT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite In Small Fault Block

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYPOGENE MINERALIZATION SAME AS THAT OF THE CASTLE DOME MINE, 1/2 MILES, AND MINERALIZATION PERIOD IS ALSO THE SAME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cities Service Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER OLD DOMINION PRIOR TO 1931 IN ABGMT-USBM DATA 14,300 TONS REPORTED IN 1906 TO 1908. ORE GRADES 1906-1936 WERE 5.2 PERCENT CU, 0.06 OUNCES/TON AU 3.4 OUNCES/TON AG. AFTER 1936, GRADES FELL ABRUPTLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1903, FIVE TUNNEL LEVELS, THREE WITH CROSS CUTS AND DRIFTS, AND SOME SMALLER SHAFTS. MAIN TUNNEL N TRENDING FOR 215 FT BEFORE MAIN WORKINGS ARE ENCOUNTERED

Comments on development

  • NOW INCLUDED IN CASTLE DOME PROPERTY. OPERATED BY OLD DOMINIOM CO UNTIL 1929, BOUGHT OUT BY MIAMI COPPER CO IN 1931, LATER BOUGHT BY CITIES SERVICE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN HAS CURVED COURSE, NE TREND AT E END, NW TREND AT W END BELOW ABOUT 100 FT. VEIN PASSES INTO MINERALIZED POPRHYRY.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

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