The Minnie Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,550 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: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.89944, -111.06944
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Minnie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Mine
Secondary: Venus Group
Secondary: Arizona Buttes Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1929
Time Period: 1900 - 1929
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6.5 % Cu, 1.5 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1929
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Some Post-Metallization Faulting.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): S CENTRAL SECTION 36 .
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1929 . TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN $1,282,000 .
Comment (Geology): SHALY LIMESTONE MORE EASILY REPLACED THAN "PURE" LIMESTONE.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED BUTTES COPPER CO., E.G. BUSH, J.C. BAX
References
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .
Reference (Deposit): HOUSER, F. N., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE CONTENTION MINE AREA, TWIN BUTTES, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R. L., 1926 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN BUTTES DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS.
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