The Three C Ranch Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,361 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: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.53333, -110.74139
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Three C Ranch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three C Ranch Mine
Secondary: Mary West
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Oracle District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: West, Mary
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bodies Of Lcret Granodiorite Intruded Into Folded And Faulted Precambrian Sediments And Diabase, And Cambrian Sediments. Nw And N Trending Faults Throughout District
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Pioneer Formation Beds, Dip 30-35 Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USBM GIVES LOCATION FOR THREE C RANCH MINE IN SECTION 27, 3 MILES EAST OF MARY WEST MINE LOCATED ON MAMMOTH QUADRANGLE. CAMPO BONITO QUADRANGLE HAS NO MINE IN EITHER LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): JOE NAVARRO OPERATED IN 1957. MARY WEST HAS HUNDREDS OF CLAIMS IN THE AREA. ONE ADMR REPORT SAYS 400, ANOTHER 800. LEE BOYER MILL SUPERINTENDENT, 1959
Comment (Deposit): VEINS 3-4 FT WIDE. VEIN WIDENS TO LENS LIKE BODIES OF ORE
Comment (Workings): 1 INCLINE SHAFT, 30 DEGREE DIP, 311 FT DEEP STOPING AT 160 FT
Comment (Geology): S.C. CREASEY IN USGS BULL 1218 STATES MINE IS IN PREC SEDIMENTS OF PIONEER FORMATION, HOWEVER L. BOYER IN ADMR FILE STATES MINE IS AT A QUARTZ MONZONITE-DIORITE CONTACT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE REPORTS DESCRIBE DIFFERENT MINE AREAS ON MARY WEST'S EXTENSIVE CLAIM BLOCK. MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT PORPHYRITIC INTRUSION. THESE LCRET-TERT ROCKS ARE EXPOSED ABOUT 1/2 MILE S OF MINE IN A LARGE POD
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE, CLUSTER #465
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR THREE C RANCH MINE AND MILL FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967
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