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Curtin Or Humphrey Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026851
MRDS ID M000507
Record type Site
Current site name Curtin Or Humphrey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77708, 33.06148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF "79" MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(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 004S 015E 25,26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77708, 33.06148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 1200 Feet Of The Shaft Is The O'Carrol Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip 80 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Main Porphyry Dikes Strike Approximately Parrallel To The Limestone, But Branches Of Them Trend Northeast, And South. In General The Dikes Dip Steeply Northward, But In Places They Form Sills More Or Less Concordant With The Limestone Beds.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1951 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 158

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 158 .

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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