Hoosier Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10088910
MRDS ID M899901
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosier Mine
Related records 10234684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72013, 33.02953 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.1 MILES SW OF LEE MOUNTAIN (ELV. 3786), To Center Of Nw 1/4 Section 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christmas(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 016E 4 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chlorite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Replaced By Quartz, Chlorite, Magnetite, Specularite, Pyrite, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Toronado Limestone
    Rock description Toronado Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72013, 33.02953

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Quartz Monzonite And Hornblende Andesite Intrusions. Andesite Strikes Nw, Dips 10ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault-Strikes N75e And Dips 80s

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 80+
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATED IN AGES AND TYPE OF MIERALIZATION TO CHRISTMAS MINE, 3 MILES NW IN GILA COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Saddle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Miles, Crozier And Cordoza, J. Vappos, F. D. Smith
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Miles And Ch. Crozier
    First year 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TO 5 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWO SHORT TUNNELS.. IN MAY 1923 TUNNEL NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH VEIN

Comments on development

  • EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #684

  • Deposit

    ROSS C.P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTSARIZONA., USGS, BULL., 771, P. 50-51.

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S.C. AND KISTLER, R.W., 1962. USGS PP 450-D, P. D1-D5.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1161-E, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS FOUND IN A MINERALIZED ZONE WITHIN A FAULT ZONE THAT STRIKES N75E AND DIPS 80S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Laraba, Peter (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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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