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Jackson Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210933
MRDS ID M050172
MAS/MILS ID 0040190258
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Iron Mask, Old Baldy Copper Mine, Group Includes: Jackson Mine, Old, Hickory, Iron Mask, Decatur, La, Rosa, and Others., Mc Cleary Group 30 Unpat Claims, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10039499

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.85928, 31.75683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

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 019 S 014 E 24 SWSESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.85928, 31.75683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940728

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1915-1917
    Description 1915-17 Test Car Ore = $1361.98 (14% Cu) 31 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 30.51mt 14wt-pct
  • Year 1919
    Period 1915-1919
    Description 1915-1919 Picked Ore 9% Cu, 3 Oz/T Ag 200 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 95g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 9wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P129 1974

  • Deposit

    US AEC PRR PIMA CO ARIZ 1957 P 653

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 171.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BU MINE & MINERAL RES FILE DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-94 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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