The Mohawk Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,439 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: 4,439 Feet (1,353 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.85917, -110.78222
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Mohawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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
Year: 1949
Time Period: 1940-1949
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, Minor Ag, Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: 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 PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM MOHAWK SHOWS .0004 PERCENT BEO - WARNER - 1959.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED R.A. SCOTT, A. MACFARLANE
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF OLD DICK LODE OF SCHRADER - 1915.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPENCUT.
Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. ; REF: WARNER, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1959, U.S.G.S. PP 318. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): AG AND AU MENTIONED IN CRIB FILE NO. M000915.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SECTION 23.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN LATE 1880'S, AND 1940'S.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 188?
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO 2
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S. C. 1955 - U.S.G.S. BULL. 1027F
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH COPPER DEPOSIT.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.
Reference (Production): KEITH,S.B.,1974,ABM BULLETIN 189.
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