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So and So Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046328
MRDS ID M241240
Record type Site
Current site name So and So Mine
Alternate or previous names Lost, So and So Extension
Related records 10161173

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.8218, 33.27148 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF PINAL PEAK SUMMIT, 1 MILE W OF PIONEER PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 015E 09 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41? (1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA IS ARGENTIFEROUS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE DUMP SAMPLE, 1963: 1 OZ AG, .36 OZ AU, 13% PB, 2.6% ZN, 0.18% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite;Madera Diorite
    Rock description Schultze Granite;Madera Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.8218, 33.27148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending E Tert Schultze Granite Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Length 365.76M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA. ADMR REPORT DESCRIBES DIABASE AS DIKE, HOWEVER ADJOINING USGS MAP (1141-H) SHOWS A SERIES OF NE TRENDING SCHULZE GRANITE DIKES, WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PINAL MOUNTAINS DISTRICT. THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF PREC MADERA DIORITE IN THE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Pinal Mountains District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kaempf, August
    Home office Superior
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, 55 FT LONG, 250 FT LONG, AND 60 FT. LONG. EXTENSION CLAIMS, 1/4 MILE NORTH, HAVE 200 FT ADIT WITH 150 FT. WINZE. ALL INTO STEEP SOUTH FACING SLOPE

Comments on development

  • OPERATOR IN 1947 WAS W.L. BLACK, GLOBE. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN SO & SO GROUP AND 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN SO & SO EXTENSION TO THE NORTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR SO AND SO MINE FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1965, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #789.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, STANLEY B, 1982, EXXON MINERALS, TUCSON, ARIZONA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKES N 40 E, THEN TURNS TO N 85 E, VEINS RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. 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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