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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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: Charles Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

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

Primary Mineral: 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

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Production

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

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

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

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIONEER PASS CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment Type: Development	Comment: OPERATORS INCLUDED; CHARLES MINING COMPANY, CHARLES B BAUFMAN, RIVERA AND SMITH. STOPPED PRODUCTION WHEN BAUFMAN ENTERED ARMED SERVICES
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: 140 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 115 FT OF DRIFTING AT 80FT, 65 FT DRIFTING AT 100 FT, 20 FT DRIFTING AT 125 FT
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR CHARLES BAUFMAN AND HARVEY FILES
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1965, PLATE 1
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: KEITH, STANLEY B., 1982, EXXON MINERALS, TUCSON, ARIZONA.