Homestake Mine, Indiana-Arizona Mine group (Carbonate group), Waterman Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Homestake Mine | Mine |
Indiana-Arizona Mine group (Carbonate group) | - not defined - |
Waterman Mining District | Mining District |
Pima County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° North , 111° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
36349
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:36349:8
GUID (UUID V4):
04f87794-9fdc-432b-9fcd-d9cc61480c6e
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 144 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
A Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au-Mn mine located in the NE ¼ sec. 25, T.12S., R.8E. (protracted). Owned at times, or in part, by Indiana-Arizona Development Co.; Indiana-Arizona Copper Co.; International Ore Separation Co.; Indiana-Arizona Mining Co.; Golden Crown Mining Co.; Waterman Mountains Mining Co.; Western Minerals Corp.; and the Knox-Arizona Copper Mining Co.
Mineralization is irregular, vein-like, and pipe-like orebodies containing base metal carbonates and sulfides in siliceous, limonitic and manganiferous breccia zones along strong faults and fissures or at fissure intersections in folded Paleozoic quartzite and limestones.
Workings include shaft and adit operations. Found in the late 1880's but only worked sporadically from 1907 to 1969.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Waterman MountainsMountain Range
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
- Pima County
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