Sundown Mine

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

Name: Sundown Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Barium-Barite

Lat, Long: 32.59222, -111.20528

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Satelite image of the Sundown Mine

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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