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Gold Ridge

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Graphite
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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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027113
MRDS ID M002135
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ridge
Alternate or previous names Casey, Juniper Mine, Huntsman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.59093, 31.93041 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI. N. OF DOS CABEZAS, ARIZ. & IMMEDIATELY EAST OF DIVES MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pat Hills South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 014S 027E 21;20 SE (21) OF SW (20) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.59093, 31.93041
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Fault Juxtaposing Cret Bisbee Group To North With Prec Rapakivi Quartz Monzonite To South. Cret Beds Strike E-W, Dip 60 Or More N

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN BANDS OF COARSE-TEXTURED QUARTZ ALONG A MAJOR FAULT AND PARALLEL SHEARS SEPARATING BLOCKS OF GRAPHITIC SHALE AND PYROMETAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE FROM GRANITIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chicago And Arizona Copper Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 1000 OR MORE TONS OF ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1880'S AND 1890'S AND FROM 1915 TO 1936.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS WITH 1000 FT WORKINGS ON LOWER TUNNEL, 1500 FT WORKINGS ON UPPER TUNNEL, PLUS ANOTHER APPROX 2000 FT OF CROSSCUTS, WINZES, AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED A.J. WELTY, J.H. HUNTSMAN, A.W. PORSEY; 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 137, 1934, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J.; HEINEMAN, R.E.S.; 1936, ARIZONA BUREAUOF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL VEIN RUNS E-W, 4 TO 34 FT WIDE, 1750 FT LONG, WITH AVERAGE DEPTH OF 400 FT. 7 OTHER VEINS STRIKE MORE NORTHERLY, UP TO 5 FT WIDE. AU-AG-CU-PB MINERALIZATION IN FISSURE ZONES SEPARATING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE FROM CRETACEOUS GRAPHITIC SHALES, AND IN FAULT ZONES WITHIN CRETACEOUS GRAPHITIC SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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