Sweetwater Mine

The Sweetwater Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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: Sweetwater Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.71778, -110.79000

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Sweetwater Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sweetwater Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Greaterville District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1963
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Averaged 1.5 % Cu, 0.8 Oz. Ag Per Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SPOTTY


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 5

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975


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