The Iowana Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,751 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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.7325, -111.58417
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Iowana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iowana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Baboquivari District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1933 - 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.0 Oz Au/Ton, 16 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb And Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1941
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: LENSING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME MINE AS JUPITER MINE (MRDS RECORD M050488).
Comment (Production): WORKED IN 1933 - 1936 , 1940 - 1941 .
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000806 BY JAMES E. ELLIOT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): OPERAOTRS INCLUDED JAMES C. SHIELDS, IOWANA MINES INC, CHARLES BENT
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 181 .
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ( 1 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
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