| Deposit ID | 10037134 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030567 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Middlemarch Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Missouri |
| Related records | 10185304 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.94899, 31.87819 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1672 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2 MI NW OF BLACK DIAMOND PEAK, 100 M W OF MIDDLEMARCH CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cochise Stronghold(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)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 023E | 12 | CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcanthite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Andradite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Grossularite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Stronghold Granite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Stronghold Granite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Rock unit name | Bisbee Group |
| Rock description | Bisbee Group |
| (1) | Cretaceous to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks with minor volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hinge Zone Of Nw Trending Fold, W Limb Cut Off By Sw Dipping Rever Se Fault (Red Ant) Which Juxta Poses Prec Cochise Peak Quartz Monzonit E Against Bisbee Group; Nw Trending Rhyolite Dike To Ne |
| General form | CHIMNEY, IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Middle Pass District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4572M |
| Overall depth | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030567 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030063 |
SOUSA, 1979, MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ
ADMR FILE DATA
KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
MARVIN ET AL, 1973, USGS BULL 1379
DAMON & BIKERMAN, 1964, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V.7, P. 63-78
TENNEY, 1929, P.219
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030567 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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