Oracle Ridge Mine (Marble Peak; Control Copper property), Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co. & Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 32°30'16"N
Longitude: 110°44'41"W
A former underground Cu-Ag-Au-Fe mine/occurrence near Marble Peak, stradling the ridge line between Pima and Pinal Counties. Discovered 1900. First produced 1937.
References
Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 153: 19.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 100.
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.
Braun, E.R. (1969) Geology and ore deposits of the Marble Peak area, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 79 p.
Engineering and Mining Journal (1972): June, 1974: 212.
Lehner, R.E. (1973) Field Engineers Report on Control Mine, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources.
New Mexico Pay Dirt (1979) May, 1979: 56.
Arizona Pay Dirt (1980) Oracle Ridge Feasibility Studies are Resuming: April, 1980: 24.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 118, 166, 215, 363.
The Mining Record (1995), Santa Catalina Upgrades Ore Reserves at Oracle Ridge Mine January 29, 1995: 5.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10283348, MRDS ID #M050644, MAS ID #0040190035.
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