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Vulcan Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109606
MRDS ID M050361
Record type Site
Current site name Vulcan Mine
Related records 10304476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09486, 31.98206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 6 MILES NNW 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 02,03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, OTHER

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09486, 31.98206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Close To Porphyry Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • GARNETIZED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Pima District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Baird And E. Foy (Estate-
    Last year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1916 - 1917
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6 - 7 % Cu, 1.3 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 41g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF MINE, AS OF 1942 , WAS ESTIMATED AT $500,000 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 170.69M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED VULCAN MINING CO., WOODRAW W. ADAMS, JAMES P. PEMBERT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    MAYUGA, M.N., 1942, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. PHD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MTNS., PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 725.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1960, PIMA MINING DISTRICT: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ( 8 ), ( 9 ) MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 . ( 1 ) ABM BULLETIN 140 . ( 10 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 139 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS MADE UP FROM 7 CLAIMS; 4 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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