The Pool's Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.02944, -110.71083
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Pool's Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pool's Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT FULL OF WATER. VEIN EXPOSED IN A SERIES OF SHALLOW CUTS. ON GILA RIVER PROSPECT ARE SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT ON GILA RIVER IS IN SMALL FAULT BLOCK OF LIMESTONE SURROUNDED BY ANDESITE, CUT BY A DIKE OF HORNBLENDE PORPHYRY, WHICH SHOWS THE MINERALIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, CLYDE P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 771
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