The Columbia Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.26972, -111.14806
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Columbia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 0.4 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1954
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 POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite 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 Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SECTION 30 . SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT WEST
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED LBDM MINING CO, MILES DURICK
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS, PIT
Comment (Geology): CU SILICATE ON FRACTURES IN MASSIVE LIMONITE BODY
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAMINATION, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .
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