The Royal Mountain Mine. is a mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,656 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,656 Feet (1,724 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 31.755, -110.77944
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Royal Mountain Mine. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Mountain Mine.
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Greaterville 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1913
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: TABULAR
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE. ; 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 AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1970 USGS BULL. 1312A.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.
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