The Jackson Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,570 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: 4,570 Feet (1,393 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.76861, -110.86528
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Jackson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Old Baldy 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1915-1919
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^9% Cu, 3 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal; Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S, Extensive Faulting I N
Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Cap
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050172 WITH RE CORD M030553 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): MADERA CANYON GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVE INTO ELEPHANT HEAD QUARTZ MON ZONITE AND RHYOLITE OF MIDDLE MEMBER OF MT WRIGHTSON FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-613
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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