Waterfall Mine

The Waterfall Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Waterfall Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 31.88361, -110.61306

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Waterfall Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Waterfall Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Paul Herber Man


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Year Last Production: 1958
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

Type: R
Description: Faulted And Overthrusted Blocks Of Sediments


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: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ASSUMED BETWEEN TWO ADITS 100 YARDS APART, MILS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): NEARBY GRAVEYARD MINE CONTAINS COPPER CARBONATES

Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189, EMPIRE DISTRICT DESCRIPTION USED


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 117

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA


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