The Cody Tunnel is a tungsten and gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,879 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: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.55944, -110.73444
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Cody Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cody Tunnel
Secondary: Campo Bonito Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Oracle 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Post-Cretaceous Pre-Pliocene Thrusts And High Angle Normal And Reverse Faults. Cretaceous - Tertiary Intrusives And Consequent Faulting.
Type: L
Description: Mogul Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Breccia.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CAMPO BONITO GROUP IS COMPRISED OF 29 PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: GOOD ACCESS BY ROAD FROM ORACLE OR SAN MANUEL.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL IS 830 FT. LONG WITH FOUR CROSSCUTS TOTALLING 335 FT. TUNNEL CAVED 600 FT. FROM PORTAL AT POINT WHERE IT CROSSES MOGUL FAULT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUNNEL INTERSECTS MOGUL FAULT WHICH BRINGS PALEOZOIC AND PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS ON S INTO CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE ON THE NORTH. ZONE OF FAULT BRECCIA UP TO 50 FT. WIDE IS SILICIFIED AND MINERALIZED. TUNNEL INTERSECTS GOLD-QUARTZ VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES, R.I. 551
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, U.S. BUREAU MINES REPT. OF INV. 5516
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