Aguinaldo Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039629
MRDS ID M050526
Record type Site
Current site name Aguinaldo Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Hump, Purcell, Black Beauty
Related records 10137910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28625, 31.91818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1157
Relative position 7 MI NE OF PALO ALTO RANCH; 2 MI NNW OF SUNSHINE CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 010E 26 SE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Fe & Mn Carrying Ag & Pb; Fractured And Silicified Limest One

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM LARGER DEPOSITS AVERAGED 10% MN & 10% FE
Result HIGH GRADE ORE CONTAINED 19-29% M & 16-21% FE SOME ORE REPORTED ASSAYED UP TO 300 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28625, 31.91818

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractured, Faulted Nnw Slivers Of Paleozoios; Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 60 E
    Length 213.36M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured And Metamorphosed Limestone, At Or Near Granite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEARBY ARE BISBEE GROUP, CONTINENTAL GRANODIORITE, AND PINAL SCHIS T

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Papago District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marvin Combs
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR SILVER PRIOR TO 1900 WITH MINOR SPORADIC, SU BSEQUENT PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900, 1920-1940, 1942, AND 1969. SOME COP PER AND HAND PICKED WULFENITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OPEN CUTS; 200 FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 22 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, STEWART, & DELONG, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 119-120

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974, P. 131; USBM IC 7990

  • Reserve-Resource

    USBM IC 7990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES DIP FROM 45-80E, CONFORMABLE WITH THE LIMESTONE. 3 OF THE LARGEST MN OCCURRENCES ARE IRREGULAR PODLIKE MASSES FROM 2-15 FT W IDE AND 10-50 FT LONG. THEY ARE SEPARATED BY 100-400 FT OF BARREN OR S PARSELY MINERALIZED LIMESTONE.
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050526 WITH RE CORD M050526 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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