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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in Gila 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026810
MRDS ID M000383
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Related records 10282693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86347, 33.14342 (WGS84)
Elevation 1012
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86347, 33.14342
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Heavy Complex Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 89 E
    Dip 75 S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 167.64M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 167.64M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1925 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 771 .

  • Deposit

    HEINEMAN, R. E. S., ELSING, M. J., ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, ECONOMIC SERIES NO. 19 , BULLETIN NO. 140 .

  • Production

    ABM ECONOMIC SERIES NO. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Hall, R. K. (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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