The Daylight Mine is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.845, -110.75528
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Daylight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daylight Mine
Secondary: York
Secondary: Hilo
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia - Rosemont 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1943 - 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5 % Cu, 5 % Zn, 3 % Pb, 1 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1951
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: IRREGULAR LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folded Sequence Of Thrust-Faulted Limestone Block Segments
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite-Chalcopyrite-Gossan
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED FRED A. BENNET; NARRAGANSETT MINE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT
Comment (Deposit): SILICATED AND CRUSHED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., 1973
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 125 .
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