Minnesota Mine

The Minnesota Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: Minnesota Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.38861, -110.75528

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Minnesota Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Minnesota Mine
Secondary: Marche Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: W. W. Todd And Joe Bostwick 53)
Years: 1952 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1953
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposits Occur In Form Of Subordinate Veins, Lenses, Stringers, And Seams In Fissures, Joints, Sheeting Planes, And Other Fractures In Quartz Monzonite And Diorite


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Potassic Alteration; Granodiorite Is Highly Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed


Rocks

Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT BEGAN AS EARLY AS 1900

Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNEL DRIFTS DRIVEN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE GULCH.THE SOUTHERLY TUNNEL IS 90 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comment (Location): IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON; 1 1/4 MILES EAST OF GOLDEN ROSE MINE; 4.0 MILES NW OF WASHINGTON CAMP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): NO SULPHIDES NOTED


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22, MINNESOTA MINE

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P.316

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=48000)


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