American Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. 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 10046295
MRDS ID M241193
Record type Site
Current site name American Mine
Alternate or previous names Fondern and Gibson Property
Related records 10235041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98376, 33.33119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF HUTTON PEAK, 1/2 MILE SW OF FIVE POINT MOUNTAIN, LESS THAN 1 MI FROM PINAL-GILA CO LINE, Mine Located On Quadrangle But No Utm Grid On Quad (Utm Est)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 001S 014E 19 NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 2 SHAFTS AND 1 ADIT ON QUADRANGLE LOCATION IS FOR ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 58
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 58

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98376, 33.33119

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Vertical Fault W To Nw Trending Fault Down Drops Tert Dacate 100 M S Of Mine, Some Whitetail Conglomerate Also Present Along The Latter Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N48E
    Dip 65NW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone N48 E, 65 Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS IN SOUTHERN END OF SCHULTZE GRANITE, NEAR SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Eh Or Ah Fondern
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Daniel, Lee And Drown, L. M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME UNRECORDED PRODUCTION AROUND 1908

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 60 FT IN DEPTH. ADIT AT LEAST 150 FT. LONG

Comments on development

  • 39 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED VIRGINIA-ARIZONA COPPER CO, M.J. MILES, MOORE AND CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR AMERICAN FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1141-H, 1963

  • Deposit

    ABGMT U FILE

  • Production

    PETERSON, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS COMPOSIT OF SMALL DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS OF QUARTZ, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE 3 IN. TO 3 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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