The Woodpecker Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.21389, -111.19583
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Woodpecker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woodpecker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: Coronado Mining Co., Glen Linn, Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1952
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones Nw-Se, Dip 40 Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE SINGLE WOODPECKER CLAIM IS SURROUNDED BY THE GORMAN-HALL CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM, PURCHASED IN 1950 BY THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN MINING AND MILLING CO., ALONG WITH THE GORMAN-HALL GROUP OF CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS A SILICIFIED MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE WITH ONE SHAFT AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORK DONE ON IT. IT IS REFERED TO AS THE WOODPECKER VEIN AND IS ONLY VEIN WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED.
Comment (Workings): 1 OLD SHAFT WITH FAIRLY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSIVE AND VOLCANIC PERIOD 15.8 TO GREATER THAN 17.4 M.Y., QUARTZ LATITE IS EXPOSED 1 MILE WEST OF MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA-MINERAL MOUNTAIN MINING AND MILLING CO. FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER 776
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 597, T.2S, R.11E, SE 1/2
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468,1978
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