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Reward Mine

Producer in Pinal 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10109776
MRDS ID M241176
Record type Site
Current site name Reward Mine
Related records 10113807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04655, 32.60066 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH EAST OF LITTLE TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kohatk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 003E 34 N2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM MEASURED TO SHAFT SYMBOL LOCATED ON THE REWARD CLAIM AREA

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Limestone;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04655, 32.60066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Dikes; E-W And Nw Trending Faults; West Dipping Limestone Beds
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fault System Through Mine Area, With Short Nw Trending Side Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip 15 TO 20 W
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Dikes; West Dipping Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • TENNY REPORT MENTIONS PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONE. MF-931 SHOWS ONLY ESCABROSA AND MARTIN LIMESTONES IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.577HA
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 426.72M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER A DOZEN SHAFTS OF 100 FT OR MORE AND SEVERAL LONG TUNNELS; SOME OF THE WORKINS INCLUDE THE REWARD SHAFT, THE BAT TUNNEL, AND THE PHONODOREE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE THE REWARD AND VIRGINIA (MS692 AND 693); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE REWARD MINING CO. (1880'S), UNITED ARIZONA COPPER CO (1900'S), CASA GRANDE DEVELOPMENT CO (1907-1908), REWARD MNG. CO. (VAN BROOKS) (1914-1916), K. POMEROY AND DR. SCHORNECK (1929), SKOUSEN BROS. (1940), R.H. VAN MARIEL (1941, 1939) M.TS. COPPER (1955), L. GUINN, V.V. BURD AND D. CHISM (1951, 1960)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 552

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 142, USBM 1943

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P 335-336

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934, P. 9-11

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 3975, 1946

  • Deposit

    USGS MF 931

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 1953-54 11) ENG. AND MNG. JOURNAL, MARCH 4, 1911, P. 473 12) USGS BULL 1278-E

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ALONG LIMESTONE BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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