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El Tigre Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027591
MRDS ID M003458
Record type Site
Current site name El Tigre Mine
Alternate or previous names Tiger
Related records 10137796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19104, 33.74339 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES S OF AGUILA; 1.6 KM NW OF LITTLE HORN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Horn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 009W 27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic; Wall Rocks Have Spotty, Moderately Intense Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19104, 33.74339
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Little Horn Peak Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Flat Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 25M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Flat Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONSISTS OF SHINY QUARTZ, IN A NEARLY FLAT FAULT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Sisson Brothers

Mining district

District name Big Horn, Aguila Districts Districts

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. J H Patterson
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN TAILINGS BEING WORKED IN 1939, MOST OF WORK DONE 1918-1924. THE MINE IS THE PREMIER GOLD PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 80% OF THE DISTRICT'S PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 250M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 12 CLAIMS. THREE INCLINED SHAFTS WERE SUNK, CUTTING 2 SEPARATE VEINS.

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 137, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WILSON, ET. AL., 1934; ALLEN, 1985, P. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS. 2 QUARTZ LENSES. ATTITUDE IS APPROXIMATELY N35E 30NW. A N45W-STRIKING SW-DIPPING LOW-TO-MODERATE ANGLE FAULT CUTS THE VEINS AT THE WEST END. A SIMILAR NORMAL FAULT IS INFERRED TO CUT THE VEINS ON THE NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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