The Magna Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.72694, -110.47806
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Magna Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magna Mine
Secondary: Magma Chief
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Jewell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: 1915
Year Last Production: 1958
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: R
Description: Short E-W Trending Faults And Med. Length Ene Faults, Steep Dip
Type: L
Description: Small Faults N 10 W Orientation, Near Breccia
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY JEWELL + CORBETT IN 1915, TAKEN OVER BY MAGMA CHIEF COPPER IN 1920.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT SHAFT, 120 FT TUNNEL TO CONNECT TO SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): DOWNWARD PERCOLATION OF SOLUTIONS THROUGH FRACTURE ZONES MAY HAVE CAUSED BRECCIATION AT TIME OF MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Location): 5 ADITS SHOWN ON RHODES PEAK QUAD. CLAIMS EXTEND NORTH INTO SECTION 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PROBABLY INCLUDED UNDER MAGMA CHIEF ON ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Comment (Deposit): 6 INCH VEIN ON 300 FT LEVEL
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 158, P 56-65
Reference (Deposit): KUHN, T. H. 1941. PIPE DEPOSITS OF THE COPPER CREEK AREA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V 36,P. 512
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