The Thunder and Standard Mine Group is a copper, silver, gold, and molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 31.44472, -110.74861
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Thunder and Standard Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thunder and Standard Mine Group
Secondary: Standard Prospect
Secondary: Thunder Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Shear Zones, Ene System Of Faults And Joints With Flat Southerly Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified; Volcanic Rocks Highly Altered To Quartz, Aericite, Alunite, And Kaolinite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO AVERAGE 0.6% CU, 2 OZ/T AG, 40 O/T AU (1915)
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2/3 MI S OF SUNNYSIDE MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORWAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030390 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): PROPERTY COMPRIS THE THUNDER GROUP OF 8 CLAIMS AND, ADJACENT TO THE NORTH, THE STANDARD GROUP OF 14 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS ARE WIDELY DISSEMINATED IN GRANITE PORPHYRY AND CONCENTRATED ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Comment (Production): NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): 82 FT TUNNEL ON THE THUNDER GROUP OF CLAIMS; 40 FT SHAFT ON THE STANDARD GROUP OF CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES; THUNDER MINE, STANDARD PROSPECT.
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