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Jackrabbit Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Silica, Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. 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 10046286
MRDS ID M241182
Record type Site
Current site name Jackrabbit Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackrabbit Property, Agwa, Keystone, Sahuarro, Casa Grande Cu and Au Mining Co., Tuba City Co., Jack Rabbit Silica, Agua, Jackrabbit No. 1
Related records 10186120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.89127, 32.60649 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES DIRECTLY NORTH OF PRIETA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 009S 005E 31 NW OF NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Silica Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Quartzite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized, Silicified, Sericitized, Argillized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.89127, 32.60649
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Of Limestone: Ene Strike, 25 Nw Dip
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Contact With Andesite On S (Downthrown Side) And Limestone On N (Upthrown Side)

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Striking Normal Fault, Contact Between Limestone And Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer Al Robard
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Slate District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ramone Andrade
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tuba City Mining Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • $1 MILLION PRODUCED IN 1883. SUBSEQUENTLY A FEW SACKS OF HIGH GRADE ORE PRODUCED TO 1912. QUARTZITE WAS PRODCUED FOR COPPER SMELTER FLUX.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEIN MAY CONTINUE N AND S OF TERMINATING FAULTS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.183HA
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 128.02M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 INCLINED SHAFTS. 1 VERTICAL SHAFT OF 420 FT. STOPING AT 165 FT, COMING OFF OF THE 3 INCLINED SHAFTS. EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND CROSS CUTTING AT 250 FT, COMING OFF OF 1 OF THE INCLINED SHAFTS. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE JOHN D. WALKER, W.C. SMITH AND JOHN MORAN (1890), CASA GRANDE COPPER AND GOLD MINING CO. (1892), TUBA CITY MINING AND MILLING CO. (1904), F. AND RAMONE ANDRADE (1935, 1937).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HAMMER, DONALD F., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JACKRABBIT AREA, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: TUCSON, ARIZ., M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF AZ, P. 89-100.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HAMMER, 1961; PHILLIPS, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOSTLY VEINS, SOME SMALL REPLACEMENT BODIES.

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-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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