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Pool's Mine

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026865
MRDS ID M000647
Record type Site
Current site name Pool's Mine
Related records 10137559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71152, 33.02953 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES FROM THE CHRISTMAS R.R. STATION. ONE PROSPECT ON GILA RIVER., Utm's In Sect. 4. Several Shafts In The 3 Sections Are Indicated On The Topo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christmas(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 005S 016E 3,4,5 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tornado Limestone
    Rock description Tornado Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71152, 33.02953
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT ON GILA RIVER IS IN SMALL FAULT BLOCK OF LIMESTONE SURROUNDED BY ANDESITE, CUT BY A DIKE OF HORNBLENDE PORPHYRY, WHICH SHOWS THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT FULL OF WATER. VEIN EXPOSED IN A SERIES OF SHALLOW CUTS. ON GILA RIVER PROSPECT ARE SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, CLYDE P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 771

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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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