The Superstition Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,549 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: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.44833, -111.46972
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Superstition Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Superstition Mine
Secondary: Palmer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Goldfield 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: Palmer, Ralph F.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
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
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Faults In Superstition Mountains, Ne Of Mine Area
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE SW EDGE OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SUPERSTITION SAGA MINING CO, RAY THOMPSON, J. W. THOMAS, J. T. CORN, SUPERSTITION CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, WHICH FILED 22 CLAIMS IN 1923
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AT LEAST 215 FT DEEP. 6 FT CROSSCUT AND 40 FT OF DRIFTING IN 1942 2 OTHER SHAFTS ON QUADRANGLE MAP
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF MINE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SUPERSTITION FILE
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, MICHAEL F., 1968. VOLCANIC GEOLOGY ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE APACHE TRAIL IN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SOUTHERN ARIZONA GUIDEBOOK III, P. 227-229.
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