The American Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.33111, -110.98306
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American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Mine
Secondary: Fondern and Gibson Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Summit 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: Mc Daniel, Lee And Drown, L. M.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1901
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Vertical Fault W To Nw Trending Fault Down Drops Tert Dacate 100 M S Of Mine, Some Whitetail Conglomerate Also Present Along The Latter Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 58.000000+-
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 58.000000+-
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 39 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OPERATORS INCLUDED VIRGINIA-ARIZONA COPPER CO, M.J. MILES, MOORE AND CO.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS 60 FT IN DEPTH. ADIT AT LEAST 150 FT. LONG
Comment (Geology): MINE IS IN SOUTHERN END OF SCHULTZE GRANITE, NEAR SCHIST
Comment (Location): 2 SHAFTS AND 1 ADIT ON QUADRANGLE LOCATION IS FOR ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME UNRECORDED PRODUCTION AROUND 1908
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS COMPOSIT OF SMALL DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS OF QUARTZ, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE 3 IN. TO 3 FT WIDE.
References
Reference (Production): PETERSON, 1963
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT U FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1141-H, 1963
Reference (Deposit): ADMR AMERICAN FILE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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