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Arizona Molybdenum Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026906
MRDS ID M000929
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Molybdenum Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Molybdenum Co.
Related records 10161630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59903, 31.71985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 16.5 MI NNW OF SASABE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mildred Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 007E 02 N OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN WEAVER AND JUPITER CANYONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY (1916) 2.2 OZ/T AG, 1.8 OZ/T AU, 3.9% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59903, 31.71985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FELDSPAR IS HIGHLY ALTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Baboquivari District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BUT REPORTEDLY OPERATING FLOATATION PLANT F OR MO CONCENTRATES IN 1917

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS

Comments on development

  • 10 MINING CLAIMS OF APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES EACH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 107

  • Deposit

    HORTON, 1916, USBM BULL. 111, P.55

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK, 1922, 1918

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000929 WITH RE CORD M000097 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEO DORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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