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Silver Lake Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026736
MRDS ID M000014
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12044, 32.55621 (WGS84)
Elevation 671

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kohatk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 002E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964); LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12044, 32.55621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CUT BY FAULTS. ORE MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO WEAK FAULT ZONES. ORE RESERVES VERY SMALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1949-1950

Comments on the production information

  • 12 T.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AND PODS IN FAULT ZONE.
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD D002995 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 01-DEC-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Updater 13-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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