The Ajo Gunsight Mine is a gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,989 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: 2,989 Feet (911 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.13611, -112.65806
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Ajo Gunsight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ajo Gunsight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Year Last Production: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Au & Ag Concentrated In Oxidized Zone
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
Comment (Commodity): UNSPECIFIED MO, W, AU, AG MINERALS-PROBABLY SCHEELITE AND POWELLIT E
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED IN LATE 1880'S. PRODUCED A FEW TONS OF GOLD ORE IN EARLY 1920'S
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GRANITIC ROCKS ARE DECOMPOSED
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002267 WITH RECORD D000784 OF ELLIOT, J.E. AND JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; T.G. THEODORE, USGS, CONT ACT PERSON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P.122
Reference (Deposit): MINES HANDBOOK, 1920
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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