Mohawk Silver Mine

The Mohawk Silver Mine is a zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Mohawk Silver Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Py-Gossan

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: DEPOSIT MENTIONED BY SCHRADER - 1915 - NO DATA

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Development): ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT - HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.

Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1946.

Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

Reference (Production): USBM CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

Reference (Deposit): USBM CARD FILE - UNPUB. CRIB FILE NO. M002092

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA - POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582

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