The Mockingbird Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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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
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Mockingbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mockingbird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Owl Head 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Workings): GREATER THAN 50' SHAFT & 2 - 3 PROSPECTS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): 2' QTZ VEIN - SPARCE PYRITE, COPPER STAIN.
Comment (Deposit): SPARCE PYRITE IN QTZ VEIN. BRIGHT YELLOW POWDER MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED. GALENA & COPPER STAINS. SHAFT PLOTTED N 50 W FROM THIS IS A PROSPECT ON SAME STRUCTURE. ORIGINALLY CALLED MOCKINGBIRD MINE, PRODUCED SILVER, NO PRODUCTION RECORDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N., DOCKTOR, R., BRISKEY J., 1976, MAPS OF MINES ETC., IN THE TORTOLITA MTNS QUAD, MAP A, OPEN FILE
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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