| Deposit ID | 10109886 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899906 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Minnesota Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Marche Mine |
| Related records | 10113508 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.75595, 31.38875 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES E-SE OF NOGALES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 016E | 31 | NW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -110.75595, 31.38875 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur In Form Of Subordinate Veins, Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Quartz Monzonite And Diorite |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE-SW |
| Dip | 35 SE |
| Width | 0.61M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 35 SE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. W. Todd And Joe Bostwick 53) |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899906 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230284 |
USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, MINNESOTA MINE
SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P.316
SIMONS, FRANK S 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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