Little Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102405
MRDS ID M000641
Record type Site
Current site name Little Treasure Mine
Alternate or previous names Adjust
Related records 10283472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.67568, 33.03537 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 9 MILES BY ROAD FROM WINKELMAN

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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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;005S 016E;016E 34,35;2,3 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.67568, 33.03537

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E; N75E
    Dip 55 - 75 NW; VERT TO 805
    Width 1.22M
  • Strike N50E; N75E
    Dip 55 - 75 NW; VERT TO 805

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer N.H. Mellor Of Winkelman

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW CARLOADS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 118.87M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, ONE SHAFT CONNECTING THEM. SEE ROSS, 1925, P. 46, FIGURE 5 FOR PLAN OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS DEVELOPED
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002379 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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