Roadside Mine

The Roadside Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,900 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Roadside Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.045, -111.51111

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Roadside Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Roadside Mine
Secondary: St. Francis


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: STREAKS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Altered, Kaolinized Volcanics And Sediments.


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3% CU, GOOD AG, MINOR AU, SOME 0.8% HG


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATIONS, STREAKS, AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN SHAR ZONE CUTTING ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SANDSTONE. OXIDATION TO 800 FEET.

Comment (Location): PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS. ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED PRIOR TO 1900 AND FURTHER IN 1920 - 192 . RECENT DIAMOND DRILLING.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 11 .

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


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