Latitude: 32°34'28"N
Longitude: 110°48'2"W
A group of Cu-Pb-Au-Ag-vermiculite claims located in the E½SW¼ sec. 10, T10S, R15E, (Oracle 15 minute topo map), about 3¼ miles SSW of Oracle. Lat-long is for central point along Irene Wash in sec. 10.
Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals hosted in quartzite.
Worked for mill test material but not commercially mined.
References
Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 180 (1969): 463.
Moore, R.T. & R.J. Varga (1976), Maps showing nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Phoenix area, Arizona: USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-845-J, 1:250,000.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1980) Arizona Industrial Minerals: 57.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
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 Oracle 15 minute Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Little Mattie Mine file.
State of Arizona - Land Department leases 1980.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10062373, MRDS ID #TC35750; and Dep. ID #10256202, MAS ID #0040210621.
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