Okalhoma Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111300
MRDS ID M899893
Record type Site
Current site name Okalhoma Mine
Alternate or previous names Troxel Group
Related records 10113472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24264, 33.16398 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position .8 MILES SW OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV. 3351)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 011E 17,20 CENTER OF THE SECTION BOUNDARY BETWEEN (17) AND (20) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24264, 33.16398

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Fissure Veins, Dip 55-70 Sw
Type of structure Local
Structure description N Trending Faults, Nw Trending Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SASME AS TERTIARY INTRUSIONS IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Mineral Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co. , R. Troxel
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Troy Troxel, W. D. Roberts
    First year 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHAFTS AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #755

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.