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Socorro Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027653
MRDS ID M003687
Record type Site
Current site name Socorro Mine
Related records 10283735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.47021, 33.74506 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES SE OF WENDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 012W 25 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE HARQUAHALA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 22.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.47021, 33.74506
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Has Taken Place On A Large Scale

Ore body information

  • General form LENSING, IRREGULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip 26W
    Length 91.44M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occupying A Fissure, Starts In The Basal Granite And Extend Out Into The Sedimentary Series

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERTHRUST FAULTS IN DISTRICT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 MY IN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Blm

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Campbell Jr.
    Home office Salome, Az.
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.02HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 375 FT WITH 2300 FEET OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S THROUGH 1960; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE SOCORRO MINES, INC., SOCORRO GOLD CO., GILBERT AND SCHMIDT, R.A. SALISBURY, DEATH VALLEY ARC., CARL LUDWIGS (1974).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 111.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104 (9) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-DEC-1994 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) 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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