Wooley Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046284
MRDS ID M241179
Record type Site
Current site name Wooley Mine
Related records 10186460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.02458, 33.04509 (WGS84)
Elevation 872
Relative position ABOUT 4.8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF GRAYBACK MOUNTAIN; ABOUT 5 MILES SW OF KELVIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayback(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 013E 33 N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION BASED ON LOCATION OF ADIT ON WOOLEY CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES FROM ADIT CONTAINED 0.017%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.02458, 33.04509

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dikes And Fault Fissures Trend Both E-W And Nw In Area
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Fissure Zone Through Mine: Main Zone N83e

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones, E-W Trending, Intersecting Fault Systems Striking Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 RADIOACTIVE VEINS IN GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Wooley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Spargo, Tom
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wall, Leo
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OF 500 FT; TUNNEL OF 300 FT; SEVERAL SMALLER SHAFTS OF 10 FT TO 100 FT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ARE WOOLEY CLAIM, AND WOOLEY NO. 1 THROUGH NO. 11 PAST OWNERS INCLUDED WOOLEY MINING COMPANY, AND ABC COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ 1206, 1975.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1962, USGS BULL 1147-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW GRADE ORE IN VUGS AND PORES OF A STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS ; 3 VEINS 1/8-3 IN. WIDE ARE RADIOACTIVE
Deposit RECORD # M000339 BY W. GERE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.