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Calumet Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037114
MRDS ID M030472
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98208, 33.18537 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 3/4 MI ENE OF RAY

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 11,12 NEAR SECTION BOUNDARY Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granite Mountain Porphyry
    Rock description Granite Mountain Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist;Pioneer Shale & Scanlon Conglomerate Of Apache Group
    Rock description Pinal Schist;Pioneer Shale & Scanlon Conglomerate Of Apache Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98208, 33.18537
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Pipe

Ore body information

  • Thickness 243.84M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BRECCIA CONTAINS SCHIST, SHALE, & DIABASE FRAGMENTS AND IS ERR ATICALLY MINERALIZED. PEBBLE DIKES CUTTING THE BRECCIA CONTAIN FRAGMEN TS OF THE SAME ROCKS PLUS PORPHYRY. THE PIPE IS CUT BY A RHYODACITE PO RPHYRY DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZ & ROSE, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 182

  • Deposit

    METZ ET AL, 1968, AZ GEOL SOC, S. AZ GUIDEBOOK III, P. 137-146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030472 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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