The Kelvin-Sultana Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.09833, -110.96111
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Kelvin-Sultana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelvin-Sultana Mine
Secondary: Sultana Arizona
Secondary: Ray Boston Mine
Secondary: Riverside Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Riverside 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Morris And Lucy Q Wilkins
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1903
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: Ew To Ene Trending Veins And Teapot Mountain Porphyry Dikes
Type: L
Description: Mine Directly East Of Riverside Breccia Pipe, Some Prospects In Breccia Pipe
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT THE HORSESHOE BEND IN THE GILA RIVER AT RIVERSIDE UTM IS AT CENTER OF LARGE GROUP OF ADITS, SHAFTS, AND PROSPECTS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS OR OPERATORS INCLUDE SULTANA-ARIZONA COPPER CO. (1908), KELVIN SULTANA COPPER CO.(1916), J. ERMAN (1906), RAY BOSTON COPPER CO. (1919); CLAIMS INCLUDE THE DIAMOND JOE, WM. J. BRYAN NO2-5, ST. KARL, ST. KARL NO 2-3, CONTACT, LITTLE CLARA, JOHN B. MECHAM, SILVER TWIG AND POSSIBLY OTHERS; MAY INCLUDE OLD RAY ARIZONA COPPER PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE DIAMOND JOE SHAFT (175 FT), WESTFALL (530 FT), NO. 2 SHAFT (180 FT), NO. 3 SHAFT (57 FT), NO. 4 SHAFT (100 FT), ALL OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A DRIFT RUNNING N-S; OTHER WORKINGS ARE NO. 1 SHAFT (100 FT), TWIN SHAFT (20 FT). MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE WM. J. BRYAN, AND WM. J. BRYAN NO. 2 AND NO. 3 CLAIMS AND DIAMOND JOE CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS SMALL E-W STRIKING VEINS FOLLOWING FAULT FISSURES IN THE DIABASE INTRUSION AND GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, RAY FOLIO 1923 P23
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ 1188, 1975
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
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