The Old Pueblo Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Old Pueblo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Pueblo Mine
Secondary: Quien Sabe
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1936
Time Period: 1907 - 1936
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu, 1.2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.04 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization; Argillitic
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 56.800000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, ADIT.
Comment (Production): 1969 - 1970 PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH BATTLE AX MINE.
Comment (Deposit): AREA WITH CONSPICUOUS CU SILICATES EXTENDS MOSTLY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF OLD PUEBLO MINE SHAFT (20-6), MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF AREA AS ABOVE. CHALCOCITE FOUND ONLY IN MINED OPEN CUTS WHERE CU SILICATES PARTICULARLY ABUNDANT. ADIT IS 230M 5WOF SHAFT (20-7). ARGILLIZATION OCCURS LOCALLY THRU OUT AREA. CU MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH QTZ VEINLETS WITH SOME LIMONITE
References
Reference (Deposit): KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT: U.A. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P. 1974, FIELD EXAM.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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