The Mohawk Silver Mine is a zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Mohawk Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Py-Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DEPOSIT MENTIONED BY SCHRADER - 1915 - NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT - HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.
Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1946.
Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.
Reference (Production): USBM CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
Reference (Deposit): USBM CARD FILE - UNPUB. CRIB FILE NO. M002092
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582
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