Tubutana Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039604
MRDS ID M050446
Record type Site
Current site name Tubutana Mine
Related records 10138024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96846, 31.5243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 13 MILES N. OF NOGALES ON WEST FLANK OF SAN CAYETANO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Cayetano Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 013E 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Josephine Canyon Diorite;
    Rock description Josephine Canyon Diorite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.96846, 31.5243

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Dipping Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75W
    Dip NE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeting Structure In Country Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: DISTRICT IS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SAN CAYETANO MTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name San Cayetano District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF CU-AG ORE SHIPPED FROM DISTRICT IN EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. 1915, USGS BULLetinlloo 582.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H. 1971, USGS MAP I -614 (MT. WRIGHTSON QUAD).

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES, USGS MAP I -614

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.
Deposit STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.