The Thunderbird Mine is a mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,031 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: 2,031 Feet (619 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.82306, -112.01139
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Thunderbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thunderbird Mine
Secondary: Peralta Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Cave Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coleman, John D.
Years: 1961 -
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
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: N 35-40 E Structure, Including Dike Intrusion At Same Strike. N 20 E Shearing Described In Admr File
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME SPOTS RUN 20% MNO2 (ADMR FILE DATA)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MORE RECENT WORK (1961) WAS BY OPEN CUTS UP TO 10 FEET DEEP; OLDER WORK WAS BY A GROUP OF SHAFTS FOLLOWING THE TREND OF THE VEIN; DEEPEST SHAFT IS THE PERALTA (385 FEET); OTHER SHAFTS RUN 65,100,135, AND 65 FEET DEEP
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP. MINE IS IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCK WITH NE FOLIATION. TERTIARY NE TRENDING PIKES AND FRACTURES ARE FOUND ABOUT 8 MILES NE OF MINE
Comment (Commodity): COPPER ORE TENDS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RED LIMONITE; GOLD WITH YELLOW LIMONITE
Comment (Development): PORTION OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS PERALTA FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF OWEN ADAMS (1957)
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN 5-6 FEET WIDE, BULGING TO 10 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
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