The Tin Horn Wash Deposit is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,652 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
Elevation: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.44167, -110.86139
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Tin Horn Wash Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tin Horn Wash Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): TIN HORN WASH EXTENDS DISGONALLY NW-SE ACROSS SEC.07
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR COPPER CITIES MINE
Comment (Deposit): THE GRAVELS ARE COMPOSED OF DETRITUS OF LOCAL ORIGIN, MAINLY FRAGMENTS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, GRANITE, PORPHYRY, DIABASE, QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE. THE FRAGMENTS ARE FIRMLY CEMENTED BY LIMONITE AND COPPER CARBONATES DEPOSITED BY SUPERGENE SOLUTIONS THAT CARRIED IRON AND COPPER, PROBABLY AS SULFATES, LEACHED FROM THE NEARBY COPPER CITIES COPPER DEPOSIT. MUCH OF THE COPPER OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT SHELLS OF MALACHITE COATING FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE; THE REST IS PARTLY IN THE MATRIX AND PARTLY IN THE DIABASE FRAGMENTS, WHERE IT PROBABLY REPLACES CARBONATES FORMED BY WEATHERING OF THE DIABASE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 140
Reference (Production): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 140
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