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Dead Bull Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046288
MRDS ID M241184
Record type Site
Current site name Dead Bull Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Property
Related records 10162065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71235, 32.549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SE OF AMERICAN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 016E 21 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FT WEST OF AMERICAN FLAG SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71235, 32.549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mine Is North Of Mogul Fault, Within 1/4 Mile (Exact Mine Location Unknown)-Upthrown Side Of Mogul
Type of structure Local
Structure description Diabase Dikes + Diorite Dikes, Nw Trending

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 40-50NE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Are Mainly In Diorite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL DEPOSIT WITH MINERALIZATION PROBABLY RELATED TO LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD, MOST EVIDENT S OF THE MOGUL FAULT, S OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Dietrich And Associates
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cooper,
    First year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINED SHAFT 110 FT, ONE INCLINED SHAFT 45 FT, FOUR SHAFTS VARYING FROM 8FT-30FT

Comments on development

  • H.T. COOPER OPERATED MINE DURING 1937. SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1940 OPERATED BY R. L. OLIVER IN 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR DEAD BULL FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER 473

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS FROM 18 INCHES TO 4FT IN WIDTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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