Mine detail: Pickwick Prospect

Previously called 'Sweet Group'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.83096, -110.75957
dep_id: 10039492
mrds_id: M050162
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Silicification
conc_proc: Permeable Fracture Zones
ore_ctrl: Along Fault Contacts An In Fault Zones.
Reporter: Keith, William J.
hrock_unit: Willow Canyon Formation Cretaceous-Conglomerate And Siltstone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Quartz Latite 56+-2my-Quartz Latite
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Structure: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N., Thrust And Normal Faulting-Fracture Zones
Year first produced: 1915
yr_lst_prd: 1929
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1915
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V.1 NO. 2
  • Deposit:: DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)
  • Deposit:: KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.128.
  • Deposit:: 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613
  • Production:: KEITH,S.B.,1974,P.128
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