Eclipse Mine Group

The Eclipse Mine Group is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,397 feet.

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: Eclipse Mine Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 5,397 Feet (1,645 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.8486, -110.76250

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Eclipse Mine Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Eclipse Mine Group
Secondary: Olcott Or Triangle
Secondary: Eldon Or Backbone
Secondary: Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Secondary: Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont 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

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1992
Years: 1988 -


Production

Year: 1900
Description: Pre1900, Few Hundred Tons Of Ore-10% Cu


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ECLIPSE GROUP INCLUDES ECLIPSE, BACKBONE, AND TRIANGLE PATENTED CLAIMS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE HELVETIA PROPERTY OWNED BY ASARCO (1992).


References

Reference (Deposit): S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P125

Reference (Deposit): USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

Reference (Deposit): F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 118.


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