Hatch Mine

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

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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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