Narragansett-Daylight Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184447
MRDS ID M050046
MAS/MILS ID 0040190192
Record type Site
Current site name Narragansett-Daylight Mine
Alternate or previous names Daylight-Naragansett Mine, York Mine, Hilo Mine, Naragansett Bay Mine, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10039412

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.75958, 31.84573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1767
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 015 E 25 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.75958, 31.84573

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Date of Last Modification 940718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bennet
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wilson Mining Co
    Year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Description Avg 7.01% Cu 13248 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 13038.68mt 7wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Description Yielded 1,611,429 Lb Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 730931.89mt
  • Year 1961
    Period 1870-1961
    Description 1870-1961 Avg 4% Cu, 0.5 Oz/T Ag 90000 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 16g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P125 1974

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 125.

  • Deposit

    CREASEY AND QUICK, 1955, USGS BULL 1027F, P. 318.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WORKINGS UNDERLIE THE NARRAGANSETT, DAYLIGHT, TRIANGLE, AND YORK PATENTED CLAIMS ALL OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE HELVETIA PROPERTY OWNED BY ASARCO (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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