The Jupiter Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.73528, -111.58583
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Jupiter Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jupiter Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Mildred Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kemp, A. L.
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1930 - 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.7 Oz Au/Ton, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb And Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED ARIZONA JUPITER MINE, G.F. DENNELLY, A.H. WARNER. EXPLORATORY DRILLING FOR LARGE-TONNAGE, LOW-GRADE OPEN PIT OPERATION IN 1974 YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. ; ECON.COM: MIL IN RUINS.
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS MINERALIZED QUART-CALCITE IN FISSURE VEINS CUTTING METASEDIMENTARY AND GRANITIC ROCKS AND DIORITIC DIKES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND TUNNELS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): NOWLAN AND OTHERS (1989) INCLUDE IOWANA MINE (MRDS RECORD M050219) WITH THE JUPITER MINE.
Comment (Production): NOWLAND AND OTHERS (1989) REPORT THAT THE MINE PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED SHORT TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 1 TROY OZ AU PER ST AND 12 TROY OZ AG PER ST, WITH MINOR CU AND PB.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 109.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 181.
Reference (Deposit): NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
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