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Berkley Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026904
MRDS ID M000926
Record type Site
Current site name Berkley Mine
Related records 10113229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.62681, 31.67791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 14 MILES NW OF SASABE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguirre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 007E 21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.62681, 31.67791
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS (CONGLOMERATE, GRAYWACKE, SHALE, ARKOSE, ANDESITE FLOWS, BRECCIAS, RHYOLITE TUFF)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baboquivari District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charvoz, Hickey, And Sieber
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Filiberto Verduzco

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1936 - 1937
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.5 % Cu, 0.04 Oz Au/Ton, 6.5 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 184g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS TYPE UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 108

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 108

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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