The Morgan Mine Group is a gold and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,159 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: 3,159 Feet (963 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.1125, -112.14111
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Morgan Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morgan Mine Group
Secondary: Cube Iron
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1935
Time Period: 1931 - 1935
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/Ton, 0.5 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb, Cu.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz Diorite Wallrock Altered To Calcite And Sericite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED STEPHANUS MINES, LARRYMADE MINES, STEPH-HARTFORD
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN LENTICULAR MASSES, FROM 10 TO 30 FEET LONG, 1 TO 4 FEET WIDE, WHICH FRAY OUT ABRUPTLY INTO STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AND SMALL PITS.
Comment (Location): N CENTER SECTION 23 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., CUNNINGHAM, J. B., AND BUTLER, G. M., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 179 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 141 .
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 141 .
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