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Columbia Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039853
MRDS ID M050934
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Related records 10186309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14875, 32.26983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 10 MILES NW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SECTION 30 . SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14875, 32.26983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POD
    Length 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones In Limestone Lenses Within Arkose, Close To Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • CU SILICATE ON FRACTURES IN MASSIVE LIMONITE BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 0.4 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 11g/mt
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS, PIT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED LBDM MINING CO, MILES DURICK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAMINATION, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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