Kelvin-Sultana Mine

The Kelvin-Sultana Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 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

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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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