| 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: | -111.05041, 32.13984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 808 |
| Relative position | 6 MILES SW OF TUCSON |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 015S | 013E | 07 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -111.05041, 32.13984 |
|---|
| General form | MASSES, LENSES |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1920 |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | Saginaw Hill District |
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| Year | 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050628 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190273 |
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 102 .
KINNISON, J. E., 1958 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST. U.A. MS THESIS.
ALLEN, M. A., 1920 , NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DIST.: ABM BULL. 106 .
ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 .
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 102 .
| 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 |
| 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 |
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