The Clark Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,101 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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.75667, -110.48556
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Clark Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clark Mine
Secondary: Clark-Scanlon
Secondary: Reliable
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Clark, A. C.
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ONLY CU AND AG PRODUCED 1905 TO 1930
Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION MAY INCLUDE COPPER PRINCE, GLORY GOLE, AND SUPERIOR PROSPECTS AS WELL AS MINE DESCRIBED HERE
Comment (Geology): LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT THIS MINE EXCEPT ITS PROXIMITY TO THE OLD RELIABLE, AND ITS PRODUCTION. THE ADIT MAY BE ONE IN GLORY HOLE PYRITIC HORNFELS DESCRIBED BY SIMONS, 1964, P 167.
Comment (Location): UTM IS ESTIMATED, N 1/2 SECTION 10 IS ALL KNOWN ABOUT LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL 36, P. 512.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., 1964. USGS PP 461, P158-168.
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