Tule Mine

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039434
MRDS ID M050076
Record type Site
Current site name Tule Mine
Related records 10161099

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.329, 32.94982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES ESE OF ARAVAIPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SIGNIFICANCE OF PB UNKNOWN AS ONLY TRACES FOUND ON DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Tertiary Silicic Breccia, Tuffs, Andesite.;Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Horse Mountain Tertiary Silicic Breccia, Tuffs, Andesite.;Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.329, 32.94982

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faults Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tule Spring Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS ONE OF MUCH SMALL SCALE FAULTING INVOLVING QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES, VOLCANICS, LIMESTONES AND SCHIST. THE TULE MINE IS LOCATED AT INTERSECTION OF TWO FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS IN FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.