The Plumed Knight Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.985, -111.08444
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Plumed Knight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Plumed Knight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Wheaton, R. Nicolai
Home Office: Box 1948, Tucson, Az.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1907 - 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.5 % Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.4 % Zn, 0.2 % Pb, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1919
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 LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SECTION 2
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1907 THROUGH 1919 AND IN 1947 AND 1956 . MOST CU PRODUCED ABOVE 150 FOOT-LEVEL.
Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1947 AND 1956 WITHOUT PRODUCING
Comment (Deposit): WEAKER SULPHIDES IN DEPTH
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OPERATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 137 .
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1922 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MTNS., PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 725 , 419 - 21 .
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 137 .
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