The Roadside Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,900 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: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.045, -111.51111
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Roadside Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roadside Mine
Secondary: St. Francis
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STREAKS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Altered, Kaolinized Volcanics And Sediments.
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3% CU, GOOD AG, MINOR AU, SOME 0.8% HG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATIONS, STREAKS, AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SHAR ZONE CUTTING ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDSTONE. OXIDATION TO 800 FEET.
Comment (Location): PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS. ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1900 AND FURTHER IN 1920 - 192 . RECENT DIAMOND DRILLING.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 11 .
Reference (Deposit): NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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