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Lilly Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027141
MRDS ID M002261
Record type Site
Current site name Lilly Mine
Alternate or previous names Saguaro Mine, Empire Mine
Related records 10138035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6699, 32.1515 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Relative position 19 MILES SE OF AJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunsight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 004W 03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTER SECTION 3. ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.6699, 32.1515
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY, POCKETS, STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fissure Zone In Granitic Rocks.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITIC ROCKS ARE DECOMPOSED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Gunsight District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton, 1 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED GEO. BRADLEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 122

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 122 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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