The Vulcan Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.98194, -111.09417
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Vulcan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vulcan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. Baird And E. Foy (Estate-
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1916 - 1917
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6 - 7 % Cu, 1.3 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1951
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF MINE, AS OF 1942 , WAS ESTIMATED AT $500,000 .
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, OTHER
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED VULCAN MINING CO., WOODRAW W. ADAMS, JAMES P. PEMBERT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): GARNETIZED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS MADE UP FROM 7 CLAIMS; 4 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Production): ( 8 ), ( 9 ) MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 . ( 1 ) ABM BULLETIN 140 . ( 10 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 139 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 139.
Reference (Deposit): MAYUGA, M.N., 1942, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. PHD THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRITA MTNS., PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 725.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1960, PIMA MINING DISTRICT: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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