Double Standard Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10026784
MRDS ID M000230
Record type Site
Current site name Double Standard Mine
Related records 10256424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70539, 31.37514 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position W OF WASHINGTON GULCH, DUQUESNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 024S 016E 03 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometasomatism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone;
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70539, 31.37514

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE PYROMETASOMATIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1900-1951
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6% Zn, 3% Cu, 2% Pb, 3 Oz Ag Per Ton, And Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 300-400 TONS, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNEL, AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 77

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED, IN BUNCHES, IN 2 PARALLEL ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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