The Calumet Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 33.18528, -110.98139
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Calumet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calumet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
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
Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Geology): THE BRECCIA CONTAINS SCHIST, SHALE, & DIABASE FRAGMENTS AND IS ERR ATICALLY MINERALIZED. PEBBLE DIKES CUTTING THE BRECCIA CONTAIN FRAGMEN TS OF THE SAME ROCKS PLUS PORPHYRY. THE PIPE IS CUT BY A RHYODACITE PO RPHYRY DIKE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030472 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): METZ & ROSE, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 182
Reference (Deposit): METZ ET AL, 1968, AZ GEOL SOC, S. AZ GUIDEBOOK III, P. 137-146
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