The Battle Axe Mine is a silica mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 32.20972, -111.05028
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Battle Axe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Battle Axe Mine
Secondary: Old Pueblo
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Quien Sabe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mcfarland And Hullinger
Home Office: Tooele, Ut.
Years: 1970 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1970
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: IRREGULAR, CLOSELY SPACED VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FOR SMELTER FLUX CONTAINING A FEW TENTH'S OF A PERCENT CU, WITH TRACES OF AG, AU.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SECTION 18 , NE 1/4 SECTION 19 .
Comment (Development): OWNED BY TUCSON CONSERVATION OF MINES, 1907, PRODUCED 35 TONS, THEN NO BASE METAL PRODUCTION UNTIL 1969.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): ANDESITE FLOWS ARE ALTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 84.
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