Mohawk Mine

The Mohawk Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,439 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: Mohawk Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1949
Time Period: 1940-1949
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3% Cu, Minor Ag, Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: 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: IRREGULAR PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM MOHAWK SHOWS .0004 PERCENT BEO - WARNER - 1959.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED R.A. SCOTT, A. MACFARLANE

Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF OLD DICK LODE OF SCHRADER - 1915.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPENCUT.

Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. ; REF: WARNER, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1959, U.S.G.S. PP 318. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): AG AND AU MENTIONED IN CRIB FILE NO. M000915.

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SECTION 23.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN LATE 1880'S, AND 1940'S.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 188?

References

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

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO 2

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S. C. 1955 - U.S.G.S. BULL. 1027F

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH COPPER DEPOSIT.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

Reference (Production): KEITH,S.B.,1974,ABM BULLETIN 189.

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