The Cardigan Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,041 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: 2,041 Feet (622 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.34944, -112.89139
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Cardigan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cardigan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Ajo 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1917 - 1926
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 10 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: NARROW, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Near A Major Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanic Rocks Are Altered
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT AND SURFACE OPERATIONS, MAIN SHAFT IS OVER 100 FT DEEP AT 70 DEG INCLINE; NUMEROUS SHAFTS 15 TO 50 FT DEEP; PIT 45 FT BY 10 FT BY 10 FT IN 1918
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 28 .
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED, 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ADJOINING NEW CORNELIA MINE PROPERTY. IDLE IN 1943 . ; 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. 82 .
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 82 .
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