The Little Treasure Mine is a silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.03528, -110.67500
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Little Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Treasure Mine
Secondary: Adjust
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Production): A FEW CARLOADS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
Comment (Development): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS DEVELOPED
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS, ONE SHAFT CONNECTING THEM. SEE ROSS, 1925, P. 46, FIGURE 5 FOR PLAN OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002379 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, CLYDE P., 1925, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA, US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 771.
Reference (Deposit): WILDEN, R., USGS BULL. 1161E
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE
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