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Silver Giant Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026803
MRDS ID M000346
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Giant Mine
Related records 10258978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.84904, 32.13928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1 1/4 W OF COMOBABI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sil Nakya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 005E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N/2 SECTION 9, PAPAGO RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.84904, 32.13928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1947

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^19 Oz. Ag/Ton, Minor Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 537g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1947 .

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS, TYPE UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED RHOADS & HOLMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 112

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 112 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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