The Maggie Vein is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 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: 4,049 Feet (1,234 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.42028, -110.78472
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Maggie Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maggie Vein
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR THIS MINE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCTION DATA FOR THE OLD DOMINION MINE (UNITED GLOBE)
Comment (Workings): THE VEIN WAS FIRST EXPLORED BY MEANS OF AN ADIT CROSSCUT. FROM THE JOSH BILLINGS VEIN
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED ON SOME OF THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE OLD DOMINION MINE, BUT APPARENTLY LITTLE IF ANY ORE WAS FOUND. NEAR THE 16TH LEVEL, THE VEIN PASSES FROM DIABASE INTO DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE AND NORTHWEST OF THE "A" SHAFT BETWEEN THE 18TH AND 20TH LEVELS, A LARGE BODY OF GOOD ORE WAS STOPED DURING THE FINAL YEARS OF OPERATION. BJORGE, 1928 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, CITIES THIS ORE BODY AS AN EXAMPLE OF COPPER ORE OCCURRING BELOW LOW-GRADE, PYRITE VEIN MATTER; BUT HE ATTRIBUTES THE CHANGE IN TYPE OF METALIZATION TO THE CHANGE IN THE WALL ROCK FROM DIABASE TO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 104 .
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12, P. 152
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