Rattler 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109878
MRDS ID M899871
Record type Site
Current site name Rattler Mine
Alternate or previous names Troy, Troy-Manhattan, Troy-Arizona
Related records 10186114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88597, 33.14203 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF TIGER MOUNTAIN, Center Of Group Of 4 Adits

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)

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 003S 014E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE W OF PINAL-GILA COUNTY LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rattler Granodiorite
    Rock description Rattler Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite, Troy Quartzite;Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Mescal Limestone, Dripping Springs Quartzite, Troy Quartzite;Troy Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88597, 33.14203

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strata Strike Ew, Dips.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Workings Adjacent To Ene Trending Fault, Rhyodacite Porphyry Dike Trends Ew

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Veins, Near Rhyolite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH GRANODIORITE INTRUSION, OR AT LEAST INTRUSION CAUSED CHANNELS FOR LATER MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Inspiration Copper Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TROY IN AGBMT-USBM FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, AT LEAST ONE ADIT 160 FT DEEP IN 1944

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1956. ENTIRE GROUP INTO GILA CTY, INCLUDES 54 CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED UNIVERSAL COPPER CORP., TROY COPPER COMPANY, TROY MANHATTAN COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ 1021, 1971

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR TROY AND RATTLER MINE FILES

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L. USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., RAY FOLIO, 1923 MAP AND P22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.