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Roadside Mine

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Mercury
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  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039656
MRDS ID M050591
Record type Site
Current site name Roadside Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Francis
Related records 10283783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51181, 32.04512 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 11 1/2 MILES SE OF INDIAN VILLAGE SCHUCHK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pan Tak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 008E 11 CENTER OF W Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Copper Ore
Mercury Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Altered, Kaolinized Volcanics And Sediments.

Analytical data

Result 3% CU, GOOD AG, MINOR AU, SOME 0.8% HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.51181, 32.04512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault Zone Cut By Cross-Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS. ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1900 AND FURTHER IN 1920 - 192 . RECENT DIAMOND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 11 .

  • Deposit

    NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATIONS, STREAKS, AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SHAR ZONE CUTTING ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDSTONE. OXIDATION TO 800 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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