M.C.M. Mine Group

The M.C.M. Mine Group is a silver and lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,848 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

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Site Name

Primary: M.C.M. Mine Group
Secondary: Guadalupe Group

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1933
Time Period: 1900-1933
Description: Cp_Grade: ^63 Oz Ag/Ton, 1 Oz Au/Ton, 10 % Pb, 4 % Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1933
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: LENSING

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized; Surface Weathering

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): .

Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM PRIOR TO 1900 TO 1933 .

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED CRAWFORD, ROWCROF, M.C.M. MINE

Comment (Workings): RELATIVELY SHALLOW WORKINGS, TYPE UNKNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M800078 BY DON E. GEST HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 106.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 106

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