The Geesman Group is a copper and tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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Geesman Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Geesman Group
Secondary: Camp Apache
Secondary: Control Mines
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
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
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1940-1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11% Wo3
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1937-1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.6 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1948
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): E CENTRAL SECTION 17.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CONTROL MINES CO, COPPER CO., CATALINA CONSOLIDATED
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND SHAFT WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000801 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N.P. & CREASEY, S.C. 1943, SOME COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE OLD HAT MINING DISTRICT, ARIZ: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, ETAL 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA & SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5650
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.130.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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