Hunch Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10109877
MRDS ID M899866
Record type Site
Current site name Hunch Mine
Alternate or previous names Civalier Property
Related records 10137761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98291, 33.19037 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1.8 MILES W-SW OF SCOTT MOUNTAIN (ELV. 5096)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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 003S 013E 11 NE OF NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKE TO THE CENTER OF THE HUNCH CLAIM LOCATED ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #634. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Teapot Mountain Porphyry;Whitetail Conglomerate
    Rock description Teapot Mountain Porphyry;Whitetail Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98291, 33.19037

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sw End Of Ne Trending Rustler Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Mineral Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Alfredo And Carmen Iberri , Civalier
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO TUNNELS OR CROSSCUTS PRESENT

Comments on development

  • 8 1/2 CLAIMS, ONE CLAIM IS THE HATCH CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #758

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #634-NE 1/4, T. 3S., R. 13E.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES (ADMR) FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ 1021, 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN MONZONITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Laraba, Peter (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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