The Pontatoc Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,920 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: 2,920 Feet (890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.33194, -110.89722
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Pontatoc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pontatoc Mine
Secondary: Pontotoc
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Catalina District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George Wilson
Years: 1964 -
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1907-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4% Cu, 0.5 Oz/T Ag, Trace Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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
Type: L
Description: Major E Trending Fault Zone And Subsidiary Faults-Santa Catalina F Ault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Propylitization, Sporadic Dolomitization, Epidote
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAX 10.3% CU, AVG 5% CU, DUMP ASSAYED 2% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050656 WITH RE CORD M030520 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): 20 FT WINZE, 105 FT SHAFT SUNK BETWEEN 1907-1910; 125 FT NEW SHAF T SUNK AROUND 1918
Comment (Geology): SULFIDES PRECIPITATED WITH QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): MEDHI, 1964, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N.G., 1974, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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