Charles Mine

The Charles Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,449 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

Name: Charles Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.3, -110.75222

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Charles Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Charles Mine
Secondary: Savage
Secondary: Segal Property
Secondary: Charles Baufman Property


Commodity

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


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains 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.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1931
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIONEER PASS CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED; CHARLES MINING COMPANY, CHARLES B BAUFMAN, RIVERA AND SMITH. STOPPED PRODUCTION WHEN BAUFMAN ENTERED ARMED SERVICES

Comment (Workings): 140 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 115 FT OF DRIFTING AT 80FT, 65 FT DRIFTING AT 100 FT, 20 FT DRIFTING AT 125 FT

Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA, BUT ADJOINING USGS MAP (BULL 1141-H) SHOWS LARGE AREAS OF MADERA DIORITE AND A SERIES OF NE TRENDING SCHULTZE GRANITE DIKES. THE MADERA DIORITE AND DIKES ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN VERIFIED IN THE FIELD BY SB KEITH IN THE MINE AREA


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR CHARLES BAUFMAN AND HARVEY FILES

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1965, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANLEY B., 1982, EXXON MINERALS, TUCSON, ARIZONA.


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