The Charles Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,449 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: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.3, -110.75222
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Charles Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charles Mine
Secondary: Savage
Secondary: Segal Property
Secondary: Charles Baufman Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Year Last Production: 1942
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIONEER PASS CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED; CHARLES MINING COMPANY, CHARLES B BAUFMAN, RIVERA AND SMITH. STOPPED PRODUCTION WHEN BAUFMAN ENTERED ARMED SERVICES
Comment (Workings): 140 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 115 FT OF DRIFTING AT 80FT, 65 FT DRIFTING AT 100 FT, 20 FT DRIFTING AT 125 FT
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA, BUT ADJOINING USGS MAP (BULL 1141-H) SHOWS LARGE AREAS OF MADERA DIORITE AND A SERIES OF NE TRENDING SCHULTZE GRANITE DIKES. THE MADERA DIORITE AND DIKES ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN VERIFIED IN THE FIELD BY SB KEITH IN THE MINE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR CHARLES BAUFMAN AND HARVEY FILES
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1965, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANLEY B., 1982, EXXON MINERALS, TUCSON, ARIZONA.
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