| Deposit ID | 10039550 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050259 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Allison Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chance, El Oro, Old Gold, Side Veins: Fourth of July, Roberts |
| Related records | 10259556 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.63431, 31.8154 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1113 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.6 MILES SOUTH OF ALLISON CAMP IN FRESNAL CANYON, AND 1.6 MILES EAST OF CHIULI SHAIK ON WEST FLANK OF BABOQUIVARI MTNS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chiuli Shaik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)
Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 007E | 33 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silica | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Yellowstone Wash Formation |
| Rock description | Yellowstone Wash Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -111.63431, 31.8154 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Allison Fault Zone - N30 W; 75-80 W |
| Strike | EASTWARD |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 SW |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1888 |
| Discoverer | Ricks And Burse |
| Year of first production | 1898 |
| Year | 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Oz Au/Ton, 2.7 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb,Cu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 975.36M |
| Overall depth | 190.5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050259 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190095 |
WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137.
WORCESTER, A.W., 1931, ALLISON MINE OF THE EL ORO MINING CO.: MINING JOURNAL, V. 15, NO. 3, P. 5-6.
FAIR, C.L., 1965, GEOLOGY OF FRESNAL CANYON AREA: UNIV ARIZ. PH.D. - THESIS.
KEITH, S.B., 1974, ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 107.
ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
CIMRI
KEITH,1974; 2ND AND 3RD NUMBERS FROM WILSON,1934.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN SHAR ZONES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, RHYOLITIC-ANDESITIC FLOWS AND INTRUSIONS. SIDE VEINS INCLUDE THE 4TH OF JULY AND ROBERTS, WHICH ARE BOTH NEAR VERTICAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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