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Baumkirscher Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026972
MRDS ID M001440
Record type Site
Current site name Baumkirscher Mine
Alternate or previous names Crocket Moon, M Lode, International, Golconda, Golden Crown Groups.
Related records 10258794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.2476, 31.4007 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nicksville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 023S;024S 021E;021E 30;05 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC. 30. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.2476, 31.4007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form ERRATIC

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPARSE BASE METAL CARBONATE AND SULFIDE ORE IN EXOTIC BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE IN TRI-JUR VOLCANICS. TRACES OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND LEAD IN A LARGE QUARTZ VEIN ALONG A THRUST FAULT IN GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Imperial Mines Extension Co., International Gold And Rare Metals Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY VERY MINOR TEST LOTS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1925 THRU 1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 65

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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