Arizona Mine

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Quartz
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039453
MRDS ID M050100
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona, Aravaipa Group
Related records 10210128

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35985, 32.96899 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 2.5 MILES NW OF IMPERIAL MTN.

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

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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 019E 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY ON 83 LEVEL SHOWS 10-15 PERCENT LEAD, 12-15 OZ. AG PER TON AND SOME GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Horse Mountain Silicic Lava And Tuff
    Rock description Horse Mountain Silicic Lava And Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35985, 32.96899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Fault.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Which Were Subsequently Mineralized.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip 83 W
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE IS CUT BY A FAULT ZONE STRIKING LITTLE W OF N, DIP 80-85W. FAULT ZONE INTRUDED BY TRACHYTE DIKE AND FLANKED BY QUARTZOSE SELVAGES. QUARTZ AREA ARE MINERALIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Athletic Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER ARAVAIPA GROUP IN USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 388.62M
    Overall depth 176.78M

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE ATHLETIC MINING CO, J.T. CORN, A.J, GRUNWELL, R.G. PHILLIPS, ARAVAIPA MINING, AND A.H. CHARLSON AND CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1950, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156: GEOLOGY SERIES 18, P. 51-63.

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL DIAMOND DRILLING.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAMINATED QUARTZ CONTAINING MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH LEAD, SILVER, COPPER, GOLD AND ZINC MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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