Calumet Mine

The Calumet Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,500 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

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Site Name

Primary: Calumet Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Creek 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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Geology): THE BRECCIA CONTAINS SCHIST, SHALE, & DIABASE FRAGMENTS AND IS ERR ATICALLY MINERALIZED. PEBBLE DIKES CUTTING THE BRECCIA CONTAIN FRAGMEN TS OF THE SAME ROCKS PLUS PORPHYRY. THE PIPE IS CUT BY A RHYODACITE PO RPHYRY DIKE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030472 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): METZ & ROSE, 1966, IN TITLEY & HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 182

Reference (Deposit): METZ ET AL, 1968, AZ GEOL SOC, S. AZ GUIDEBOOK III, P. 137-146

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