The Dimple Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,321 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,321 Feet (1,317 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.92306, -110.70306
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Dimple Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dimple Mine
Secondary: Noscut Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Cuprite District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1949
Time Period: 1915 - 1949
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^13 % Pb, 11 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Year Last Production: 1949
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: IRREGULAR, LENSING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite ?; Pyrite Gossan
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bournonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED TERREL & JARNAGIN, L.S. GREYBILL, C.H. TUCK, MIKE HINES
Comment (Deposit): STRONG PYRITIC ALTERATION
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S. C., 1973 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 125 .
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 125
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