Conglomerate Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109818
MRDS ID M800069
Record type Site
Current site name Conglomerate Mine
Alternate or previous names Anderson Mine, Snyder Mine
Related records 10137324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76318, 31.73235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 015E 36 SW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF FISH CANYON, 50 TO 200 YARDS NORTH OF SANTA CRUZ CO. LINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification, Brecciation, Oxidation Decreases Below 20 Ft Depth

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76318, 31.73235

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Oriented Nw-Se, Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Devonian Limestone Faulted Against P.C Granite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Precambrian Granite And Paleozoic Limestone, Near Vertical

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIO TERTIARY QUARTZ LATITE DIKES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT MAY BE STRONGLY RELATED TO MINERALIZATION. PLUGS AND DIKES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MINERALIZATION 1 MILE NORTH AT COMSTOCK MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer J.E. Anderson
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST PRODUCED IN 1909 OR EARLIER, THEN WORKED BY PHELPS DODGE IN 1920'S. LARGEST PRODUCER IN GREATERVILLE DISTRICT OTHER THAN PLACERS.

Comments on development

  • ANDERSON REPORTED PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO 1915, BUREAU OF MINES DATA BEGINS IN 1925.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 120

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 582, P. 154

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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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