The Reward Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,877 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: 1,877 Feet (572 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.60056, -112.04583
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Reward Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reward Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Dikes; E-W And Nw Trending Faults; West Dipping Limestone Beds
Type: L
Description: E-W Fault System Through Mine Area, With Short Nw Trending Side Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE THE REWARD AND VIRGINIA (MS692 AND 693); PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE REWARD MINING CO. (1880'S), UNITED ARIZONA COPPER CO (1900'S), CASA GRANDE DEVELOPMENT CO (1907-1908), REWARD MNG. CO. (VAN BROOKS) (1914-1916), K. POMEROY AND DR. SCHORNECK (1929), SKOUSEN BROS. (1940), R.H. VAN MARIEL (1941, 1939) M.TS. COPPER (1955), L. GUINN, V.V. BURD AND D. CHISM (1951, 1960)
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ALONG LIMESTONE BEDDING
Comment (Workings): OVER A DOZEN SHAFTS OF 100 FT OR MORE AND SEVERAL LONG TUNNELS; SOME OF THE WORKINS INCLUDE THE REWARD SHAFT, THE BAT TUNNEL, AND THE PHONODOREE SHAFT
Comment (Geology): TENNY REPORT MENTIONS PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONE. MF-931 SHOWS ONLY ESCABROSA AND MARTIN LIMESTONES IN AREA.
Comment (Location): UTM MEASURED TO SHAFT SYMBOL LOCATED ON THE REWARD CLAIM AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 552
Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT 142, USBM 1943
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-29, P 335-336
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934, P. 9-11
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 3975, 1946
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 931
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 1953-54 11) ENG. AND MNG. JOURNAL, MARCH 4, 1911, P. 473 12) USGS BULL 1278-E
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