Manila Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027123
MRDS ID M002160
Record type Site
Current site name Manila Mine
Related records 10137139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.14788, 31.64542 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF CHARLESTON, ARIZ.; 9 MILE SW OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbank(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 021E 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Vanadinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Volcanic Area, With Local Intrusion Of Cret Uncle Sam Porphyry

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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 Neil C. Vogel
    Home office Tombstone, Az.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Kress
    Home office Tombstone, Az.
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT OF OPEN CUTS, OLD 400 FT SHAFT, 80 FT SHAFT SUNK IN 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., VANADIUM FILES.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING ORE OF ECONOMIC GRADE (3/1943). ADJOINS GALLAGHER PROSPECT. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000112 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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