The So and So Mine is a gold and lead mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.27139, -110.82111
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So and So Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: So and So Mine
Secondary: Lost
Secondary: So and So Extension
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kaempf, August
Home Office: Superior
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Year Last Production: 1961
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending E Tert Schultze Granite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE DUMP SAMPLE, 1963: 1 OZ AG, .36 OZ AU, 13% PB, 2.6% ZN, 0.18% CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA. ADMR REPORT DESCRIBES DIABASE AS DIKE, HOWEVER ADJOINING USGS MAP (1141-H) SHOWS A SERIES OF NE TRENDING SCHULZE GRANITE DIKES, WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PINAL MOUNTAINS DISTRICT. THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF PREC MADERA DIORITE IN THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): GALENA IS ARGENTIFEROUS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01; 41? (1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATOR IN 1947 WAS W.L. BLACK, GLOBE. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN SO & SO GROUP AND 5 PATENTED CLAIMS IN SO & SO EXTENSION TO THE NORTH
Comment (Deposit): STRIKES N 40 E, THEN TURNS TO N 85 E, VEINS RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS, 55 FT LONG, 250 FT LONG, AND 60 FT. LONG. EXTENSION CLAIMS, 1/4 MILE NORTH, HAVE 200 FT ADIT WITH 150 FT. WINZE. ALL INTO STEEP SOUTH FACING SLOPE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1141-H, 1965, PLATE 1.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SO AND SO MINE FILE.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #789.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANLEY B, 1982, EXXON MINERALS, TUCSON, ARIZONA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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