The Hunch Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.19028, -110.98222
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Hunch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hunch Mine
Secondary: Civalier Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Creek 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: Arthur Alfredo And Carmen Iberri , Civalier
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sw End Of Ne Trending Rustler Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TAKE TO THE CENTER OF THE HUNCH CLAIM LOCATED ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #634. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 8 1/2 CLAIMS, ONE CLAIM IS THE HATCH CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN MONZONITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Workings): NO TUNNELS OR CROSSCUTS PRESENT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #758
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET #634-NE 1/4, T. 3S., R. 13E.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES (ADMR) FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GQ 1021, 1971
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