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Vizina Lode

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026911
MRDS ID M000998
Record type Site
Current site name Vizina Lode
Alternate or previous names Vizina Consolidated Mng. Co.
Related records 10233571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0676, 31.7118 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. S. OF TOMBSTONE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 20S 22E 02;11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • STOPES AND SHAFT WORKINGS PARALLEL TOUGHNUT ST, TOMBSTONE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Beds;Naco Group Limestones
    Rock description Bisbee Group Beds;Naco Group Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0676, 31.7118
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Tombstobe Basin, Beds Tilted Nne After Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticlinal Rolls And "Northeast" Fissures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vizina Consolidated Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS IN 3 YEARS IN THE 1880'S

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, ONE LEVEL, PROBABLY 100 FT DEEP, AND EXTENSIVE STOPES SE OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 143, 1938, P.442 PL. IV

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 80.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED ORE IN BOTTOM OF CRETACEOUS BEDS AND TOP OFLIMESTONES ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS AND AT INTERSECTIONS OF "NORTHEAST" FISSURES AND DIKE WITH ROLLS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002460 OF J. W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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