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San Antonio Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Mica, Feldspar, Uranium
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027152
MRDS ID M002287
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mine
Alternate or previous names Mica Mine, Crowler Nos. 1-4, Sunshine, Valentina Mining Claim, Desert White Queen
Related records 10259029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9513, 32.3076 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF AJO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chico Shunie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 007W 02,11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTER SECTION 2 , E CENTER SECTION 11. CABEZA PRIETA GAME RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Mica Secondary
Feldspar Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY 0.01% EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9513, 32.3076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 45 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM MINERALS ARE COATINGS ON FRACTURES IN PEGMATITE AND GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ajo District

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Cabeza Prieta Game Range

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED SINCE 1940 , FIRST FOR MICA AND FELDSPAR, NOW AS A SILICA FLUX MINE. FLAKE AND GROUND MICA USED FOR MUD AND ROOFING MATERIAL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 82 .

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 TO 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-159 , 1970 , P. 16 .

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND EDITION: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PHILLIPS, 1987, P 130.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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