The Magonigal Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,234 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: 2,234 Feet (681 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.42556, -111.62639
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Magonigal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magonigal Mine
Secondary: Gordon
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1952-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.5% Cu, 0.14 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propyllitic, Skarn
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SURFACE WORKINGS. ONE SHAFT GREATER THAN 50 FT , OTHER LESS THAN 50 FT. SOME PROSPECTS SHOW TRACE OF CU OXIDE AND SPE CULAR HEMATITE, BUT MOST ARE ABSENT OF MINERALIZATION
Comment (Geology): APPARENTLY PERIPHERAL TO SILVER BELL MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M051113 WITH RE CORD M030551 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 (Production): PRODUCTION IN MID 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189.
Reference (Deposit): DOCKTER, ROGER, 1976, USGS FIELD EXAM.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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