The Stratton Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,680 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 32.46583, -110.74361
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Stratton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stratton Mine
Secondary: Old Hat
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Oracle 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N45-55e Fault Shifts Tactite Zone 500 Ft Ne. Bedding Plane Faults Striking Nw, Dip Ne & Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN S MINERALIZED ZONE ARE ESTIMATED AT 2,000 TONS INDICATE D ORE AND 8,000 TONS INFERRED ORE AT 2-3% CU. THE N MINERALIZED ZONE I S ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 15,000 TONS OF TACTITE, PROBABLY TOO LOW IN GRA DE
Comment (Production): A FEW HAND SORTED TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN THE PAST
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO BOTTOM 5 FT OF TACTITE AND FORMS ZON E 2.5 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): 80 FT LONG INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECT ADITS. LOWER 30 FT OF SHAF T IS FLOODED. 2 ADITS ABOUT 50 FT LONG ARE LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT N OF S TRATTON SPRING
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050643 WITH RE CORD M030530 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BRAUN, 1969, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943
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