The Hoosier Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.02944, -110.71944
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Hoosier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoosier Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Saddle Mountain 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Miles And Ch. Crozier
Years: 1925 -
Owner Name: J. Miles, Crozier And Cordoza, J. Vappos, F. D. Smith
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1938
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: Ne Trending Quartz Monzonite And Hornblende Andesite Intrusions. Andesite Strikes Nw, Dips 10ne
Type: L
Description: Fault-Strikes N75e And Dips 80s
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Replaced By Quartz, Chlorite, Magnetite, Specularite, Pyrite, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chlorite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS FOUND IN A MINERALIZED ZONE WITHIN A FAULT ZONE THAT STRIKES N75E AND DIPS 80S.
Comment (Workings): 4 TO 5 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWO SHORT TUNNELS.. IN MAY 1923 TUNNEL NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH VEIN
Comment (Geology): RELATED IN AGES AND TYPE OF MIERALIZATION TO CHRISTMAS MINE, 3 MILES NW IN GILA COUNTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1161-E, 1964
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C. AND KISTLER, R.W., 1962. USGS PP 450-D, P. D1-D5.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #684
Reference (Deposit): ROSS C.P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTSARIZONA., USGS, BULL., 771, P. 50-51.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
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