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Battle Axe Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102413
MRDS ID M001019
Record type Site
Current site name Battle Axe Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Pueblo
Related records 10259255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05097, 32.20983 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 5 MILES W OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 013E 18,19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SECTION 18 , NE 1/4 SECTION 19 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, CLOSELY SPACED VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE FLOWS ARE ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Quien Sabe District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcfarland And Hullinger
    Home office Tooele, Ut.
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FOR SMELTER FLUX CONTAINING A FEW TENTH'S OF A PERCENT CU, WITH TRACES OF AG, AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY TUCSON CONSERVATION OF MINES, 1907, PRODUCED 35 TONS, THEN NO BASE METAL PRODUCTION UNTIL 1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 84.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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