The C.W.T. Mine is a zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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C.W.T. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C.W.T. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Continental Material Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1967
Year Last Production: 1967
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Directly Above Base Or Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: No Significant Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): SHORT LIVED MINE WITH NO REPORTED PRODUCTION BEFORE OR AFTER 1967. MORE GAPS IN ORE BODY THAN EXPECTED FROM DRILLING
Comment (Deposit): AN ORE SHOOT 17 TO 20 FEET THICK SLOPES TOWARD THE SOUTH, UNDER 750 FEET OF OVERBURDEN. PODS AND STRINGERS OF ORE OCCUR IN A THRUST PLATE ZONE.
Comment (Geology): REPLACEMENT SIMILAR TO THAT IN NEARBY SAN XAVIER MINE, PORPHYRY RELATED MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002801 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): IN BETWEEN SAN XAVIER MINE AND TWIN BUTTES PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, JOHN, 1960, SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 134
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