Stratton Mine

The Stratton Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,680 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: Stratton Mine
Secondary: Old Hat

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Oracle 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
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: L
Description: N45-55e Fault Shifts Tactite Zone 500 Ft Ne. Bedding Plane Faults Striking Nw, Dip Ne & Sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN S MINERALIZED ZONE ARE ESTIMATED AT 2,000 TONS INDICATE D ORE AND 8,000 TONS INFERRED ORE AT 2-3% CU. THE N MINERALIZED ZONE I S ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 15,000 TONS OF TACTITE, PROBABLY TOO LOW IN GRA DE

Comment (Production): A FEW HAND SORTED TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN THE PAST

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION RESTRICTED TO BOTTOM 5 FT OF TACTITE AND FORMS ZON E 2.5 FT THICK

Comment (Workings): 80 FT LONG INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECT ADITS. LOWER 30 FT OF SHAF T IS FLOODED. 2 ADITS ABOUT 50 FT LONG ARE LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT N OF S TRATTON SPRING

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050643 WITH RE CORD M030530 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BRAUN, 1969, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 131

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PETERSON & CREASEY, 1943

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