Carlo & Eclipse Mines

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Copper, 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102393
MRDS ID M000143
Record type Site
Current site name Carlo & Eclipse Mines
Related records 10186663

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49376, 32.32705 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 5 MILES SSE OF SILVER BELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 008E 02,01 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION 1, NE 1/4 SECTION 2. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49376, 32.32705

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Folded Paleozoic Sediments
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Cutting Cretaceous Sediments, With Fault Blocks Of Paleozoic Limestone, Quartzite, And Mudstone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Fault Zone, Ne Trending

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Jose Carillo
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1963

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1955 - 1963
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 1.1 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 31g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1955 - 1956 , 1962 - 1963 , SHIPPED AS SILICEOUS SMELTING ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, SHALLOW PIT.

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 144 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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