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Frisco Fair Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  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 10026798
MRDS ID M000314
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Fair Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Hummer, Apex, Margaret

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63734, 31.52153 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position E. OF NORTH SADDLE MOUNTAIN, No Indication Of Group On Map. Utm's To Center Of Section 17

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 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63734, 31.52153
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Red Rock District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1916-1948
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^24% Pb, 7 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 2.5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 24wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION.

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.8

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, IRREGULAR LENSES AND POCKETS OF OXIDIZED ORE

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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