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Gold Hill Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10026805
MRDS ID M000351
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Related records 10186236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92762, 31.39875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position MT. BENEDICT, 6 MILES N OF NOGALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Rico(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)

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 014E 29 CENTER OF E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92762, 31.39875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Quartz Monzonite

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Dark Pyritized Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Nogales District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1850'S-1940s
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged .4 Oz Au Per Ton, 3% Pb, And 2 Oz. Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MINED SPORADICALLY.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PIT AND TRENCH OPERATIONS, ADIT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED MID-1800'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ.: ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 191, P. 61

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY, PARTLY OXIDIZED MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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