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Southside Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039481
MRDS ID M050144
Record type Site
Current site name Southside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68876, 31.94512 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position ABOUT 1 AND ONE HALF MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 06E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; LOCATION PROJECTED BY U.S.B.M. ON SKETCH MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE CUT ACROSS THE 15-FOOT FACE OF THE OPEN CUT ASSAYED 0.057% WO3. MINOR COPPER STAIN WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THE SHEAR ZONE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68876, 31.94512
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite Strikes N 80 W Dips 70 N

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 55 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Frank And Pauline Clark.
Production years 1955

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.079HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 12 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES,: U.S.B.M. R.I. 5650

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON U.S.B.M. RI 5650.

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 5650.

  • Production

    DALE, ETAL, 1960, USBM R.I. 5650

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. 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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