Burney Mines

The Burney Mines is a zinc, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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

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Site Name

Primary: Burney Mines
Secondary: Birthday
Secondary: Copper Rose
Secondary: Lead Reef
Secondary: Stove Lid

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Burney 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Burney, Robert
Years: 1973 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: N To Nw Mogul Fault Is 1 Mile N With Prec Oracle Granite To N; 25 M.Y. Samaniego Granite Intrudes Precambrian Rocks 1 Mile S Of Mines

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults And Dikes; Ne Trending Faults With Minor Displacement

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Not Deeply Oxidized, Some Fresh Sulfides

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Development): INCLUDES COPPER ROSE, BIRTHDAY, LEAD REEF AND STOVE LID TUNNELS. 26 CLAIMS IN AREA INCLUDE THE COPPER ROSE, LEAD REEF, AND STOVE LID CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST ONE 6 FT THICK VEIN

Comment (Workings): ONE 84 FT INCLINED SHAFT, FROM THE 64 FT LEVEL AN 80 FT DRIFT W (BIRTHDAY); ;ALSO A 62 FT SHAFT WITH 30 DEG INCLINE (1966). OLDER TUNNELS, 1939, WERE 50, 25, AND 10 FT

Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO SEPARATE TUNNELS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN FOR BIRTHDAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): TUNNEL ON W BANK OF CANADA DEL ORO USED AS LOCATION. UNSURVEYED LAND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNDER COPPER ROSE, BIRTHDAY, LEAD REEF, AND STOVE LID ON ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

References

Reference (Deposit): ADMR BIRTHDAY MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R.M., 1955. STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA U.A. PHD THESIS, 45 P.

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