| 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: | -111.28625, 31.91818 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1157 |
| Relative position | 7 MI NE OF PALO ALTO RANCH; 2 MI NNW OF SUNSHINE CAMP |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 010E | 26 | SE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| 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 or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone |
| Rock description | Martin Formation;Escabrosa Limestone |
| (1) | -111.28625, 31.91818 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fractured, Faulted Nnw Slivers Of Paleozoios; Thrust Faults |
| Strike | N-S |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 E |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Papago District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marvin Combs |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 18.29M |
| Overall width | 2.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050526 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190088 |
FARNHAM, STEWART, & DELONG, 1961, USBM IC 7990, P. 119-120
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131
KEITH, 1974, P. 131; USBM IC 7990
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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