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 Department of Mineral Resources file data.

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.

A Cu-Ag mine located in the NW ¼ sec. 1 & the NE ¼ sec. 2, T.13S., R.8E. Owned at times, or in part, by Carrillo; Bruce; and the Ace Mining Co.

Mineralization is oxidized copper minerals associated with a fault zone cutting Cretaceous sediments. Fault blocks of paleozoic limestone, quartzite, and mudstone.

Workings include shaft and pit operations. Worked in 1955-1956 and 1962-1963, producing some 600 tons of ore averaging about 2% Cu and 1.1 oz. Ag/T. Shipped as siliceous smelter flux.

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