The Sundown Mine is a copper and barium-barite mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Copper, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 32.59222, -111.20528
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Sundown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sundown Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Owl Head District
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
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: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 PROSPECTS & SHALLOW INCLINED ADIT
Comment (Deposit): 1-3 INCHES BARITE-QUARTZ VEINS WITH CHALCOPYRITE BOXWORK, CHRYSOCOLLA, TENORITE, CHALCOCITE(?), MALACHITE, AND AZURITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): N.G. BANKS, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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