Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039614
MRDS ID M050500
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine
Related records 10210949

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.8379, 31.57624 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 021S 015E 29 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Py-Cp-Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Josephine Canyon Diorite
    Rock description Josephine Canyon Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.8379, 31.57624

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-H
    Dip 75 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular, E-W Trending Quartz-Fissure Vein Cutting Quartz Diorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1928-29

Mining district

District name Salero District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R, 1973.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, MOHAWK MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 191, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-614 (1:48000).

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 748, P. 11-13.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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.