The Contact Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 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: 4,049 Feet (1,234 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.53306, -111.33972
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Contact Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contact Mine
Secondary: Old Bucket
Secondary: Rusty Red
Secondary: Tom Rigg
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1934 - 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.3 % Cu, 3 % Pb, Zn Not Recovered.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Year Last Production: 1939
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS
Comment (Geology): CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS ARE METAMORPHOSED.
Comment (Location): N CENTER SECTION 8 .
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED AND WEATHERED
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1900 , 1934 - 1939 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CATES, A.D. ANDERSON, WESLEY W. CATS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 105
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 105 .
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