The Arizona Gold Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,801 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
Elevation: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.1125, -111.04083
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Arizona Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arizona Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Riverside 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: Leo And Mary Truofreh
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1940
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
Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Rhyodacite Porphyry Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 300 FT NORTH OF THE GILA RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE FOUND IN MINES TO EAST WITH SIMILAR GEOLOGY
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS; OPERATORS INCLUDED MARY ORTEGA, THOMAS PURYEAR, FRED BROWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 4 SHAFTS AND 2 TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN SIZE
Comment (Geology): VEIN DEPOSITS PROBABLY RELATED TO RHYODACITE INTRUSIVE EPISODE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ 1206
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Arizona Gold
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