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Michigan and Hancock Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109882
MRDS ID M899886
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan and Hancock Mine
Alternate or previous names Hancock, Main #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09098, 33.28231 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF APACHE LEAP, Location Taken To Center Of Quarter Section From Usbm-Mils

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(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)

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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 012E 2 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09098, 33.28231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Faulting, Concentrator Fault W Of Mine, Another N-S Fault E Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wsw Faulting-Series Of Parallel Faults Through Area

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION EITHER IN TROY QUARTZITE, MESCAL LIMESTONE, OR BOTH, ASSOCIATED WITH CRET-PALEO FAULTING AND INTRUSIVE EPISODES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED GEORGE STINSON, LUTICH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-253, 1962

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Roth, Frances A. (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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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