The Amado Mine Group is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,848 feet.
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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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.59278, -111.34222
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Amado Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amado Mine Group
Secondary: Rosebud
Secondary: Oreona
Secondary: Whipperwell
Secondary: Tiger
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arivaca Mining Co.
Home Office: 407 Nash Bldg, Austin, Tx.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1921 - 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 6 Oz Ag/Ton, 4 % Pb, 1 % Zn, Trace Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1921
Year Last Production: 1956
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SECTION 20 .
Comment (Development): OTHER LONG-TERM OWNERS WERE OREONA DEVELOPMENT CO, AMADO MINING CO
Comment (Workings): THREE MAIN SHAFTS FOLLOWING VEINS INCLUDE AMADO SHAFT, 220 FT, VERTICAL; LA CARUVA SHAFT, 125 FT, VERTICAL; AND NO 3 SHAFT AND TUNNEL, 50 FT DEEP WITH TUNNEL, 600 FT LONG; MA&N TUNNELLING EXTENDS 2000 FT EAST FROM AMADO SHAFT
Comment (Geology): COMANCHE SHALE IS FOUND WEST OF THE MINE, AND IS OVERTURNED
Comment (Deposit): OXIDATION, ENRICHMENT NEAR SURFACE; FISSURE VEINS RANGE FROM ONE TO 5 FT IN WIDTH, AND MINERALIZED PORTION IS UP TO 2 FT WIDE; 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CRABTREE, 1932, REPORT ON THE OREONA MINE, PIMA COUNTY; ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .
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