The Contention Mine is a zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.88972, -111.07556
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Contention Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contention Mine
Secondary: North Star
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1944 - 1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15 % Zn, 3 % Cu, 1.5 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1919 - 1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11 % Zn, 2 % Cu, 1 % Pb, 2 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1947
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: LENTICULAR
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: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Production): ( 9 ) PRODUCTION YEARS: 1944 , 1946 - 1947 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED RICH HILL, WM F. FOU
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS. CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS AT 150 , 120 , AND 210 LEVELS.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 1 .
References
Reference (Deposit): HOUSER, F. N., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE CONTENTION MINE AREA, TWIN BUTTES, ARIZONA: UNIV ARIZ. MS THESIS P. 49 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 133 .
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 133 . ( 9 ) ABM BULLETIN 156 , P. 50 . ( 1 ) WHITCOMB, 1948 .
Reference (Deposit): WHITCOMB, 1948 , GEOLOGY OF THE MORGAN MINE AREA, TWIN BUTTES, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS, P 78 - 9 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 50 - 1 .
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