| Deposit ID | 10039689 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050656 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pontatoc Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pontotoc |
| Related records | 10234814 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.89791, 32.33205 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 890 |
| Relative position | IN NORTH TUCSON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tucson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rillito(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 013S | 014E | 03 | NE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | MAX 10.3% CU, AVG 5% CU, DUMP ASSAYED 2% CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| Rock unit name | Catalina Gneiss;Pantano Conglomerate | ||
| Rock description | Catalina Gneiss;Pantano Conglomerate | ||
| |||
| (1) | -110.89791, 32.33205 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major E Trending Fault Zone And Subsidiary Faults-Santa Catalina F Ault |
| Strike | N60E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 27SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| District name | Catalina District |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Wilson |
| First year | 1964 |
| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1907-1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^4% Cu, 0.5 Oz/T Ag, Trace Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 75.9M |
| Overall depth | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050656 |
MEDHI, 1964, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
BANKS, N.G., 1974, FIELD EXAM
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050656 WITH RE CORD M030520 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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