The Arizona Consolidated Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.31333, -111.14861
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Arizona Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arizona Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Uncle Sam
Secondary: Josephine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Year: 1909
Time Period: 1900 - 1909
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.7 % Cu, 2.6 Oz Ag/Ton, Traces Of Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1905
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: SPOTTY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritized And Silicified Andesite
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): N CENTER SECTION 7 , W 1/2 SECTION 8 , NW 1/4 SECTION 17 . LOCATION (UTM) IS GENERAL FOR MINING AREA. SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Comment (Development): OWNERS INCLUDED ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO AND ARIZONA COPPER MINING CO
Comment (Workings): RELATIVELY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Deposit): THE MINES THAT MAKE UP THIS GROUP HAVE SEPARATE CRIB RECORDS, BUT NAMES WERE NOT GIVEN TO THE RECORDS DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION. THESE OTHER RECORDS ARE FIELD EXAMINATIONS BY ROGER ASHLEY IN 1974 , THEY ARE LISTED HERE BY RECORD NUMBER: M050870 , M050871 , M050843 , M050899 , M050900 , AND M051017 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): BLOCKS OF DOLOMITE CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES ARE PRESENT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 83
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 83 .
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