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Orizaba Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037122
MRDS ID M030492
Record type Site
Current site name Orizaba Mine
Related records 10137975

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91239, 32.61982 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NW OF JACKRABBIT MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 004E 25 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Martin Formation
    Rock description Martin Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91239, 32.61982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 50 Ft Wide Fracture Zone At Contact Of Quartzite & Sandstone Where Limestone Is Thrust Over Quartzite

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 60-75W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Red Cemented Sandstone Overlain By Shale & Limestone; 50 Ft Wide Fracture At Contact Of Camb Quartzite And Perm Sandstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE DIPS NE, STRIKES NW. SOUTH CONTACT IS AGAINST ALTERED LI MESTONE AND SHALE TO NE; QUARTZITE IS OVERLAIN BY SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer John Kron
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1923-1978
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 11g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK AND MILL ERECTED IN 1915; SHALLOW PITS, STOPES, AND OPEN CUTS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS. OLD PIT L-SHAPED. SW WINZE, 150 BY 75 BY 75 FT DEEP. OTHER WINZE 35 FT DEEP, 75 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE CLAIM IN 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACET & OTHERS, 1978, USGS MAP MF-934

  • Deposit

    HAMMER, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    HOGUE, 1940, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR ORIZABA MINE FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TENNEY, 1927-29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030492 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1883-4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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