C.W.T. Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
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. 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 10048086
MRDS ID M800068
Record type Site
Current site name C.W.T. Mine
Related records 10259557

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.0942, 31.0942 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 MILE SE OF SAN XAVIER MINE., Center Of Nw 1/4 Assumed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 012E 23 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN BETWEEN SAN XAVIER MINE AND TWIN BUTTES PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) No Significant Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.0942, 31.0942

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Directly Above Base Or Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of San Xavier Thrust Sheet, In Fractured Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPLACEMENT SIMILAR TO THAT IN NEARBY SAN XAVIER MINE, PORPHYRY RELATED MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1967

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Continental Material Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on development

  • SHORT LIVED MINE WITH NO REPORTED PRODUCTION BEFORE OR AFTER 1967. MORE GAPS IN ORE BODY THAN EXPECTED FROM DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 134

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    COOPER, JOHN, 1960, SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN ORE SHOOT 17 TO 20 FEET THICK SLOPES TOWARD THE SOUTH, UNDER 750 FEET OF OVERBURDEN. PODS AND STRINGERS OF ORE OCCUR IN A THRUST PLATE ZONE.
Deposit INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002801 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-77 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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