| Deposit ID | 10039582 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050370 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Olivette Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Olive, New Olivette, Corda Group |
| Related records | 10234712 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.09513, 31.96234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 4 3/4 MILES NNW OF TWIN BUTTES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(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 | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 012E | 11 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| (1) | -111.09513, 31.96234 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Xavier Thrust Fault Block. |
| General form | NARROW, LENSING |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 E |
| Dip | 45 NW |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Pima District |
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| Year | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1880 - 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton, 5 % Pb, 1 % Zn, Minor Cu, Au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050370 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190347 |
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 136 .
MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS P. 108 - 111 .
WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 48 .
WALLER, H.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PAYMASTER AND OLIVETTE MINING AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZ: M.S. THISES, UNIV OF ARIZ
ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHALLOW SEATED FISSURE DEPOSIT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1972 | Theodore, Ted G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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