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Brown Bird Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026780
MRDS ID M000220
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Bird Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Wing
Related records 10137408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25319, 31.45624 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE W AND S OF RUBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 011E 06 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25319, 31.45624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1937-1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz. Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD AND SILVER ENRICHED NEAR THE SURFACE; DEPOSIT ALONG CONTACT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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