A former surface and underground W-Cu prospect/mine located in the N½N½ sec. 12, T1S, R13E (Pinal Ranch 7.5 minute topo map), about ½ mile SW of Top of the World, near the Gila County line, and about 10 miles N of Superior, between the Swede Mine and the Rainbow group, on National Forest land. One claim of this group extends into Gila County. Owned by G. A. Gabitzsch and James Owens of Arizona (1959). NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33°21'0"N, 110°58'59"W.
Mineralization is a vein deposit which includes secondary copper minerals. One enriched zone formed at the intersection of the vein and a quartz filled fracture.
Workings include a 25 foot adit and 11 shallow open cuts.
References:
Dale, V.B. (1959), Tungsten deposits of Yuma, Maricopa, Pinal, and Graham Counties, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 5516: 45, 47.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 14 (Table 1).
USGS Pinal Ranch quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR) "U" file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026787; MRDS ID #M000241; and, Dep. ID #10258833.
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Map Reference: 33°21'46"N , 110°59'24"W
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