| 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: | -110.35985, 32.96899 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1448 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES NW OF IMPERIAL MTN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005S | 019E | 25 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Quartz | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -110.35985, 32.96899 |
|---|
| 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. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NS |
| Dip | 83 W |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| 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 |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Athletic Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 388.62M |
| Overall depth | 176.78M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050100 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090050 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
WILSON, E.D., 1950, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156: GEOLOGY SERIES 18, P. 51-63.
1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
1942 DIREXPL DIAMOND DRILLING.
1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LAMINATED QUARTZ CONTAINING MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH LEAD, SILVER, COPPER, GOLD AND ZINC MINERALIZATION. |
| 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 |
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