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Old Sample Mine

Producer in Pinal 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046298
MRDS ID M241198
Record type Site
Current site name Old Sample Mine
Alternate or previous names Sample Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84739, 32.92203 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 1/2 MILE N.E. OF HORSE HILLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casa Grande West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(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 006S 014E 12 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE WEST OF SAMPLE WASH. APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SW OF WINKLEMAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Geographically Extensive L Cret-Tert Mineralized System With Ew Trending Dikes Is Found 3 To 5 Miles Ne Of Mine, In Same District, And Probable Related Mineralization
Type of structure Local
Structure description Diabase Outcrop Along N-S Trend, Overall Local Structure In Prec Nnw

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INYTRUSIVE EVENT, E-W TRENDING FAULTS AND SHEARS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • ROY L BISHOP, OPERATED IN 1950, J.ERKLANS IN 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #636

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP GQ 1106, 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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