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Old Mission Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Iron, Manganese, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039674
MRDS ID M050630
Record type Site
Current site name Old Mission Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Bat, Pellegrin
Related records 10234467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.02291, 32.16762 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tucson(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 14S 13E 33 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SECTION 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Hematite Ore
Barite Gangue
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitic, Other: Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Cat Mountain Rhyolite
    Rock description Cat Mountain Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.02291, 32.16762
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See General Comments

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW
    Strike APPROX. NE
    Dip FEW DEGREES TO NW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 110M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding (Cutaxitic Structure) - See General Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1920 - 1928
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1% Cu, 0.3% Pb, 10 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 282g/mt
    Minor Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 TUNNELS, ONE TUNNEL PLUS PERPENDICULAR CUT, 2 PROSP. PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT: U.A. MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R.P., 1974.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAXIMUM EXPOSED LENGTH OF VEIN APPROX 100-110 METERS, BUT PROSPECT PITS CONTINUE BOTH TO E AND W OF VEIN; ALONG HILLSIDE, FOR 200 METERS. VEIN IS SUBPARALLEL TO CUTAXITIC STRUCTURE IN WELDED TUFF HOST ROCK BUT IN DETAIL CONTACTS ARE CROSSCUTTING. WALLROCK WEAKLY SILICIFIED TO WEAKLY ARGILLIZED. VEINIS SHEETED, LOCALLY CONTAINING STRINGERS OF PURPLISH-RED TO DARK BROWN (HEAVILY LIMONITIC) WEAKLY SILICIFIED WALLROCK; LOCALLY VEIN MATERIAL CEMENTS WALLROCK BRECCIA. 30M SE OF CENTRAL PART OF VEIN IS SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFT WITH MINOR BLACK CALCITEON DUMP; VEIN IN THIS PIT IS PROBABLY ANOTHER VEIN ABOUT 10M BELOW MAIN VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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