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Commodore Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026782
MRDS ID M000227
Record type Site
Current site name Commodore Mine
Related records 10231955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25319, 31.41125 (WGS84)
Relative position W OF CALIF. GULCH

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 19 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25319, 31.41125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period L1800'S&1934
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 32 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.1 Oz. Au Per Ton, Minor Pb, Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 90g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 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 WEAK AND SPOTTY BASE METAL SULFIDES, OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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