Control Mine (Control Mines; Geesman Mine group; Camp Apache Mine), Leatherwood Mine group (Apache group), Mount Bigelow, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Control Mine (Control Mines; Geesman Mine group; Camp Apache Mine) | Mine |
| Leatherwood Mine group (Apache group) | Mine |
| Mount Bigelow | Mountain |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 28' 32'' North , 110° 43' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brooke | 9,614 (2017) | 14.8km |
| Oracle | 3,686 (2011) | 15.5km |
| San Manuel | 3,551 (2011) | 16.7km |
| Catalina | 7,569 (2011) | 18.0km |
| Oro Valley | 43,565 (2017) | 23.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Old Pueblo Lapidary Club | Tucson, Arizona | 34km |
| Tucson Gem and Mineral Society | Tucson, Arizona | 34km |
Ref.: Peterson, N.P., and Creasey, S.C. (1943) Some copper deposits in the Old Hat mining district, Pima County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report [unnumbered], 13 p., 13 sheets, scales 1:360, 1:600, and 1:1,200.
US Atomic Energy Commission Preliminary Reconnaissance Report Pima County (1953): 654.
Dale, V.B., Stewart, L.A., and McKinney, W.A. (1960), Tungsten deposits of Cochise, Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties., Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5650: 116-118.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 130 (Table 4)
USGS Bellota Ranch Quadrangle topo map.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109622, MRDS ID #M050640; and, Dep. ID #10259396, MAS ID #0040190228.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 281.
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Au-W-U mine located in East-central sec. 17, T. 11 S., R.16E. Operated 1937-1948. Owned at times, or in part, by the Phelps Dodge Corp.; Catalina Consolidated Copper Co.; Control Mines, Inc.; Control Mines Co.; the Arizona Copper Mines, Inc.; and Continental Materials, Inc.
Mineralization is sulfides and spotty, disseminated scheelite associated with irregular skarn zones of pyrometamorphic replacements in structurally deformed and marbleized Paleozoic limestone along the contact with intrusive Laramide quartz diorite. The ore zone is 48.77 meters long, 42.67 meters wide and 3.05 meters thick. Cross-cutting lamprophyre and alaskite dikes. The Scheelite is in tactite, in a contact zone that contains copper ore bodies.
Workings include adit and shaft operations. Some 115,000 tons of ore averaging about 2% Cu, 0.6 oz. Ag/T and minor Au, were produced, mainly from 1937-1948. One ton of 11% WO3 ore was produced in the 1940's.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109622 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Oracle Mining DistrictMining District
- Santa Catalina MountainsMountain Range
- Pima County
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