Clark Mine

The Clark Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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

Name: Clark Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pinal

Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.75667, -110.48556

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Clark Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Clark Mine
Secondary: Clark-Scanlon
Secondary: Reliable


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Clark, A. C.
Years: 1934 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): ONLY CU AND AG PRODUCED 1905 TO 1930

Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION MAY INCLUDE COPPER PRINCE, GLORY GOLE, AND SUPERIOR PROSPECTS AS WELL AS MINE DESCRIBED HERE

Comment (Geology): LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT THIS MINE EXCEPT ITS PROXIMITY TO THE OLD RELIABLE, AND ITS PRODUCTION. THE ADIT MAY BE ONE IN GLORY HOLE PYRITIC HORNFELS DESCRIBED BY SIMONS, 1964, P 167.

Comment (Location): UTM IS ESTIMATED, N 1/2 SECTION 10 IS ALL KNOWN ABOUT LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL 36, P. 512.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., 1964. USGS PP 461, P158-168.


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