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Durham Copper Claims

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026785
MRDS ID M000231
Record type Site
Current site name Durham Copper Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.65317, 31.51931 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position E OF NORTH SADDLE MTN., To Center Of Section 18. No Indication Of Claims On Topo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hughes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 022S 017E 18 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.65317, 31.51931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW

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 1941

Mining district

District name Red Rock District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1937-1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Hand Picked Ore, Averaging 24 % Cu, 70 Oz. Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1976g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 24wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 8

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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