Daylight Mine

The Daylight Mine is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Daylight Mine
Secondary: York
Secondary: Hilo

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia - Rosemont District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1951
Time Period: 1943 - 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5 % Cu, 5 % Zn, 3 % Pb, 1 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1951
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 LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Folded Sequence Of Thrust-Faulted Limestone Block Segments

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite-Chalcopyrite-Gossan

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: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED FRED A. BENNET; NARRAGANSETT MINE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT

Comment (Deposit): SILICATED AND CRUSHED LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., 1973

Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 125 .

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