Ivy May Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109620
MRDS ID M050628
Record type Site
Current site name Ivy May Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Tucson, Santa Margarita
Related records 10137763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05041, 32.13984 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position 6 MILES SW 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 015S 013E 07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SECTION 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05041, 32.13984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSES, LENSES
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Saginaw Hill District

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1890 - 1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 0.2 % Pb, 1.3 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 41g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED FIRST IN 1890'S AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1920 TO 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED SOUTHWESTERN METALS, ARIZONA TUCSON COPPER CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 102 .

  • Deposit

    KINNISON, J. E., 1958 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST. U.A. MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, M. A., 1920 , NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DIST.: ABM BULL. 106 .

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 .

  • Production

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 102 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERSECTION OF 2 QUARTZ VEINS
Deposit MINE WAS ALL FENCED OFF AND POSTED ( 1973 ). APPEARS TO BE A HORSE CORRAL OVER THE ONLY EXPOSURE OF THE VEIN, NW OF SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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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