The Hatch Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.70111, -110.73917
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Hatch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hatch Mine
Secondary: Harvey Hatcher Mine
Secondary: Hatch Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mammoth District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Harvey Hatcher
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Harvey Hatcher , Ardith Long
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1959
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Manuel Fault-Nw To Se, 1/2 Mile North Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Intrusives 1/4 Mile Se And 1/4 Mile Sw Of Mine Area. Strike Of Volcanics N To Nw, E Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 56 UNPATENTED CLAIMS CONTAINING MANGANESE AND COPPER. LOCATED IN 1959.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL SCATTERED MANGANESE OUTCROPS. VEINS ARE FOUND IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE EXPLORATION BY MEANS OF OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): REPORTS FROM ADMR MENTION QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY WITH A FEW FEET OF OVERBURDEN
References
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C. 1967, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE MAMMOTH QUAD. PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, MSGS, BULL, 1218, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES HATCH GROUP FILE
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER #523
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