Total Wreck Mine

The Total Wreck Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,610 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Total Wreck Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: M. Bonner Denton

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1880-1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 7 Oz/T Ag, Minor Cu, Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1879
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: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Andrade Fault-Strike Nw, Dip 85ne; Ew Or Ne Faults & Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Most Ore Is Oxidized, Limestone Is Altered

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 4% CU, 12% PB, 12 OZ/T AG

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DENTON HAS SUGGESTED USING THE MINE AS A WINE CELLAR. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): TRACES OF MN OXIDE

Comment (Deposit): 3 MAJOR VEIN SYSTEMS. PRINCIPAL VEIN IS 5 FT WIDE

Comment (Location): AT BASE OF EMPIRE MTNS. THE MINE CAN BE REACHED BY A ROAD FROM STATE HWY 83 WHICH HAS SEVERAL FORKS AND RUNS THROUGH MOSTLY PRIVATE LAND OR FROM A ROAD OFF INTERSTATE HWY 10 WHICH RUNS MOSTLY THROUGH STATE LAND BUT IS VERY ROUGH. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, OTHER

Comment (Production): MORE THAN 10,000 TONS BEFORE 1902 AND 7500 TONS WORTH $450,000 AFTER 1902.

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND TUNNELS, DRIFTS, INCLINES, WINZES, AND STOPES

Comment (Geology): SILVER VALUES DECREASE AND COPPER VALUES INCREASE WITH DEPTH.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050396 WITH RECORD D000107 OF JAN WILT AND RICHARD FISCHER IN MOLYBDENUM FILE AND RECORD D000335 OF ROBERT KING, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS.

Comment (Development): SOME PATENTED CLAIMS. PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDED VAIL, SCHLEY, ADAMS & SAXBY, GARDNER & YOUNG, TORRES

References

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

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189.

Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): HEYLMUN, E.B., 1989, TOTAL WRECK SILVER MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 59, NO. 4, P. 17-22.

Reference (Deposit): PETAR, A., 1932, MOLYBDENUM: USBM EC. PAPER 15.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974

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