The Indiana-Arizona Mine Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,900 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
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.35583, -111.47833
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Indiana-Arizona Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indiana-Arizona Mine Group
Secondary: Carbonate Group
Secondary: Burro
Secondary: Homestake
Secondary: Abbie Waterman
Secondary: Paddy Woods
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Waterman District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1969
Time Period: 1907-1969
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7% Pb, 7% Zn, 8 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1880
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: LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Form: LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Form: LENSES, IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zones And Strong Faults Trending Nw And E To Ne, Some Fold Ing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified And Impregnated With Iron Oxide
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED WATERMAN MTN MANGANESE, GOLDEN CROWN MINING CO , WESTERN MINERALS, BOYD & PILLARD, INDIANA-ARIZONA DEVELOPMENT CO, IN DIANA-ARIZONA COPPER CO, INT'L ORE SEPARATION CO, INDIANA-ARIZONA MINI NING CO, KNOX-ARIZONA MINING CO
Comment (Deposit): 3 MAIN VEINS: INDIANA, WATERMAN, BURRO
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1907-1969
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS; INDIANA VEIN HAS 190 FT DRIFT ON 92' L EVEL, 250 FT DRIFT ON 169' LEVEL, 230 FT DRIFT ON 224' LEVEL, AND 350 FT DRIFT ON 350' LEVEL; WATERMAN VEIN HAS 150 FT VERTICAL STOPE WITH 2 50 FT DRIFT; BURRO VEIN HAS 2 ADITS 200 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): OTHER UNITS IN AREA INCLUDE ABRIGO FORMATION, ESCABROSA LIMESTONE, NACO FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050601 WITH RE CORD M030545 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCLYMONDS, 1959, AGS GUIDEBOOK II
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE
Reference (Deposit): RUFF, 1952, MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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