Pomona Mine

The Pomona Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Pomona Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.58889, -112.12889

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Pomona Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pomona Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN VEIN IN LIMESTONE CUT BY FELSIC DIKE

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M000011 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): STEELE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 36

Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, 1947, PH.D. THESIS, STANFORD UNIV


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