Contact Mine (Old Bucket Mine; Rusty Red Mine; Tom Rigg Mine), San Luis Mountains, Arivaca Mining District (Las Guijas Mining District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 31' 59'' North , 111° 20' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 4.7km |
| Aduana del Sásabe | 1,295 (2018) | 20.8km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 28.1km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 29.2km |
| Amado | 295 (2011) | 32.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
34572
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:34572:0
GUID (UUID V4):
cb9eb65d-8153-4f2b-93c4-5b58912ccf4b
Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 105 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10102419, MRDS ID #M001468; and, Dep. ID #10283175, MAS ID #0040190168.
A former small surface and underground Ag-Au-Cu-Pb-Zn mine located in North-central sec. 8, T.22S., R.10E, 3 miles S of Arivaca. Produced prior to 1900 and 1934-1939. Operated at times, or in part, by Wesley W. Cates; Carter; and, A.D. Anderson.
Mineralization is oxidized and weathered, irregular quartz-fissure veins with spotty base metal sulfides, cutting metamorphosed Cretaceous sedimentary formations. An associated rock unit is granite.
Workings include shaft and open cut operations. Probably worked prior to 1900 and 1934-1939. Produced some 100 or more tons of ore averaging about 0.5 oz. Au/T and 2 oz. Ag/T, 0.3% Cu and 3% Pb. The zinc was not recovered.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10102419 |
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- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
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