The Pump Mine is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.76556, -113.12639
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Pump Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pump Mine
Secondary: Purple Pansey
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: J. Thomas
Years: 1946 -
Owner Name: A And J Mining Co. , Tricon Minerals
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Iron
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): 17 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS CUT OFF BY NNW-TRENDING, WEST-WSW-DIPPING LOW- TO MODERATE-ANGLE NORMAL FALT.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 MAIN LEVELS, PROSPECTED ON THE SURFACE FOR 4000 FEET BY SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. SHAFTS = 90M, 50M, 25M; PITS EXTEND OVER 1200 M.
Comment (Geology): SCHIST BANDS RUN PARALLEL TO THE VEIN. UPPER LEVEL ORE HAS BEEN HIGHLY OXIDIZED, LOWER LEVEL OXIDIZED VERY LITTLE.
Comment (Deposit): 17 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR, VARIOUS ISSUES, 1938-1946
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, G.B., 1985, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS OF WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-17, 140 P.
Reference (Production): ALLEN, 1985, P. 15.
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