Hubbard Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026968
MRDS ID M001417
Record type Site
Current site name Hubbard Mine
Alternate or previous names Dragoon Zinc, Democrat and Sherman
Related records 10232565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0326, 31.94096 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 2.5 MI NE OF KNOB HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Hill(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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 23E 17,19,20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CORNER OF SECTIONS 17, 19, AND 20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Stronghold Granite
    Rock description Stronghold Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0326, 31.94096

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives
Type of structure Local
Structure description Closely Folded Rocks, Deep Reverse Faults With Superimposed Metamorphism

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Hubbard
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 330 TONS OF ZINC ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY DURING 1944, 1949, AND 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED ALAN LEWIS, C.B. HIGGINS, MAURICE HEDDIMON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, STERN, CREASEY, MEHNERT, 1973, USGS BULL 1379

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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