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Dunham Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048311
MRDS ID M899876
Record type Site
Current site name Dunham Mine
Alternate or previous names Dunham and Centipede
Related records 10283172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.97875, 33.11453 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 0.2 MILES WEST OF MINERAL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kearny(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 013E 1 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite;Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Rock description Ruin Granite;Rhyodacite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.97875, 33.11453
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ew To Ene Ryodacite Porphyr Dikes, And Quartz Latite Dikes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Between Lcret Quartz Diorite To N And Prec Granite To S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Riverside District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Herron

Comments on development

  • LOCATED ON DUNHAM PATENTED CLAIM; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE I. ROGERS, J. L. DUNHAM, W.P. DUNHAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ 1188, 1975

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #638

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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