The Growler Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.1675, -112.96944
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Growler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Growler Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Growler District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Year: 1977
Time Period: 1900 - 1977
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 % Cu, 5 Oz. Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SECTION 34 , ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SPORADICALLY SINCE EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED FERNELL & GOW, BERT LONG, C.C. BELL
Comment (Deposit): SULPHIDES REPORTED IN DEPTH
Comment (Geology): STRONG IRON GOSSAN NEAR LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE CONTACT WITH DIABASE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 121
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 121 .
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