Burrell Claims

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039398
MRDS ID M050027
Record type Site
Current site name Burrell Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06788, 32.02762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1405
Relative position 1.25 MILES SW OF DRAGOON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 23,25 NW (25) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CUPROTUNGSITE NOTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone With Abundant Thin Beds Of Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06788, 32.02762

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 75 TO 80 NW.
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE GRAYISH-WHITE QUARTZ, BUFF TO BROWN CALCITE, IRREGULAR GRAINS OF SCHEELITE AND LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF ECONOMIC SULFIDES. VEINS CUT HORQUILLA LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn Burrell
    Home office Dragoon, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • BEFORE WWI SMALL SHIPMENTS OF COPPER SILVER ORE. 100 LB TUNGSTEN ORE. IN 1940, 400 LBS SCHEELITE CONCENTRATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO SHALLOW CUTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 148.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375...

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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