| Deposit ID | 10039592 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050385 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Daisy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Daisy Shaft |
| Related records | 10186677 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.07791, 31.98623 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 960 |
| Relative position | WEST OF PIMA MINE AT FOOT OF MINERAL HILL; 6 MI N OF TWIN BOTTES |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 016S;017S | 012E;012E | 36 | SW4 (36); NW4 (01) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.07791, 31.98623 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mineral Hill Fault |
| General form | ROUGHLY BANDED, MANTO |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 19.81M |
| Length | 1005.84M |
| Width | 243.84M |
| Depth to top | 10.67M |
| Depth to bottom | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pima District |
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| Year | 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954-1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, 0.5 Oz/Tag, Some Zn, Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1957-1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.8% Cu, 0.1oz/Tag, Some Zn, Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050385 |
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 134
MINING ENGINEERING, JUNE 1963, P. 49
COOPER, 1960, USGS BULL 1112-C
MACKENZIE, 1959, AZ GEOL SOC, SOUTHERN AZ GUIDEBOOK II, P. 193-194
CIMRI
KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050385 WITH RECORD D000799 OF JAN WILT AND JAMES ELLIOT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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