The South End Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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South End Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South End Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: R. E. Chilson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1951
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faults And Fracturing Related To Quartz Latite Porphyry Emplacement
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ASSUMED TO BE CENTER OF GROUP OF THREE PROSPECTS IN NW 1/4 SECTION 23, MILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): MINES IN SAME 1/4 SECTION HAVE COPPER CARBONATES AND COPPER OXIDES
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. HELVETIA DISTRICT AND ELGIN MINE DESCRIPTIONS USED ELGIN IS IN SAME 1/4 SECTION, M050039
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189 P. 123, P 125
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
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