The California Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.93917, -110.64611
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California Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Mine
Secondary: Mann Mine
Secondary: Andrade
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Marble, Dimension
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tucson Transfer Co.
Years: 1915 -
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1880 - 1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 % Cu, 5 Oz Ag/Ton, 2 % Pb, 0.5 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BANDS, CHIMNEYS, BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Many Local Faults, Folding, Doming Above Granitic Intrusive. Thrust, Strike-Slip Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTER SECTION 19 .
Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT, INCLINE SHAFT, ADITS, AND OPEN PIT OPERATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 582 .
Reference (Deposit): GILLINGHAM, T. E., JR., 1936 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE CALIFORNIA MINE AREA, PIMA CO., ARIZONA: UNIV. OF ARIZONA MASTERS THESIS.
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 117 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 117 .
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