The Ventana Mine Group is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,251 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: 3,251 Feet (991 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.78083, -111.66222
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Ventana Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ventana Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1900 - 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.3 % Cu, 2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.7 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1972
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS PROTRACTED. PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED ROMED, INC., ARIZONA MINING CO
Comment (Workings): LOCATED IN EARLY 1900'S BUT WORKED SPORADICALLY TO 1972
Comment (Geology): CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS (CONGLOMERATE, GRAYWACKE, SHALE, ARKOSE, ANDESITE FLOWS, BRECCIAS, RHYOLITE TUFF)
References
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 110 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 108
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