Tubutana Mine

The Tubutana Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Tubutana Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.52417, -110.96778

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Tubutana Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tubutana Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: San Cayetano District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
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: East Dipping Monocline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Production): FEW TONS OF CU-AG ORE SHIPPED FROM DISTRICT IN EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Geology): REG.COM: DISTRICT IS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SAN CAYETANO MTS.

Comment (Deposit): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comment (Deposit): STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABE.


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. 1915, USGS BULLetinlloo 582.

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H. 1971, USGS MAP I -614 (MT. WRIGHTSON QUAD).

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 83.

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES, USGS MAP I -614

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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