Old Dick Mine

The Old Dick Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: Old Dick Mine
Secondary: American

Commodity

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

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1870-1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb, Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1899
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 BODIES, PIPES

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Py-Cp-Gossan; Skarn

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): ORE GEN. IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; 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 & FOLDING

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN LATE 1870'S-1907 AND 1938-1952.

Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SECTION 23.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED HELVETIA MINING AND MILLING CO., R.E. CHILSON, JAMES R. CRAY

Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT. SHAFTS AND CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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): KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.127.

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

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

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

Reference (Production): KEITH,S.B.,1974,P.127.

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