Arizona No. 3 Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108965
MRDS ID M000088
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona No. 3 Mine
Alternate or previous names Dogtown
Related records 10113494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12291, 31.9404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF SAN XAVIER, 4 1/2 MILES NW OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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 017S 012E 21 N OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12291, 31.9404

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Volcanics Within The San Xavier Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, IRREGULAR, SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Hill, Thornel Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1948 - 1966
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 % Pb, 2 % Zn, 0.5 % Cu, 47 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 12wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1486g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS 1948 - 1949 , 1952 , 1966 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960 , SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112 - C.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 133 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 133 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED

Reporter information

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