The Ivy May Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,651 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,651 Feet (808 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.13972, -111.04972
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Ivy May Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ivy May Mine
Secondary: Arizona Tucson
Secondary: Santa Margarita
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Saginaw Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1890 - 1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 % Cu, 0.2 % Pb, 1.3 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1934
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: MASSES, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE WAS ALL FENCED OFF AND POSTED ( 1973 ). APPEARS TO BE A HORSE CORRAL OVER THE ONLY EXPOSURE OF THE VEIN, NW OF SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): E CENTRAL SECTION 7
Comment (Production): PRODUCED FIRST IN 1890'S AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1920 TO 1950
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SOUTHWESTERN METALS, ARIZONA TUCSON COPPER CO
Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTION OF 2 QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 102 .
Reference (Deposit): KINNISON, J. E., 1958 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST. U.A. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, M. A., 1920 , NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE AMOLE DIST.: ABM BULL. 106 .
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 .
Reference (Production): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , P. 102 .
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