The Olivette Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 31.96222, -111.09444
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Olivette Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olivette Mine
Secondary: Olive
Secondary: New Olivette
Secondary: Corda Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1880 - 1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton, 5 % Pb, 1 % Zn, Minor Cu, Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1943
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: NARROW, LENSING
Structure
Type: L
Description: San Xavier Thrust Fault Block.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J.P. ANDERSON, C.M. TAYLOR
Comment (Production): GROUP PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS $750,000 , MAINLY FOR SILVER. LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): SHALLOW SEATED FISSURE DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): TWO INCLINED SHAFTS ; NUMBERS GIVEN ARE FOR 1960
Comment (Geology): HIGH ANGLE REVERSE AND NORMAL FAULTS ARE FOUND IN THE SAN XAVIER THRUST SHEET PARALLELING ITS MARGINS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 136 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 48 .
Reference (Deposit): WALLER, H.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PAYMASTER AND OLIVETTE MINING AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZ: M.S. THISES, UNIV OF ARIZ
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .
Reference (Deposit): MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS P. 108 - 111 .
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