Camino Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109777
MRDS ID M241180
Record type Site
Current site name Camino Mine
Alternate or previous names Monarch Mine, Orphan, El Camino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90904, 32.58288 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRIETA PEAK, Utm Measured To Center Of Quarter Section Given In Usbm Mils

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 004E 1 N2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR WULFENITE REPORTED, ADMR 1952

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Martin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90904, 32.58288

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Volcanic Rocks Underlie Limestone In Mine Area, Nw Trending Fault In Mine Area

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Limestone-Andesite Contact-In Both Rock Types

Comments on the geologic information

  • ESCABROSA LIMESTONE PROBABLE HOST, MARTIN LIMESTONE OUTCROPS NEAR MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 INCLINED SHAFT (128 FT DEEP) WITH WORKINGS AT 50 AND 120 FT LEVELS; 2 OLD SHAFTS (200 FT DEEP EACH)

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE SOUTHWEST DESERT ENTERPRISES (JOE MENAUGH AND GEORGE WILSON), SOUTHERN ARIZONA MINES, FRED ANDRADE. PRODUCTION REPORTED UNDER MINE NAME OF MONARCH IN 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-934

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS 6 INCHES TO 24 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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