| Deposit ID | 10039562 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050286 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cerro Colorado Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Heintzelman, Silver Queen |
| Related records | 10161603 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.27402, 31.66013 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1173 |
| Relative position | 50 MILES BY PAVED ROAD SW OF TUCSON AND 8 MILES NE OF ARIVACA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020S | 010E | 25 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Freibergite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -111.27402, 31.66013 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENSING |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.51M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1750 |
| Discoverer | Early Spanish Explorers. |
| Year of first production | 1856 |
| Year of last production | 1937 |
| District name | Cerro Colorado District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harry Lehman, U.S. Magne Pipe Corp. |
| First year | 1964 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Albert Steinfeld And Co, Arizona Building Co |
| Year | 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1770-1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE AG | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^100 0z Ag/Ton, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb,Cu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 167.64M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050286 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190154 |
JONES, R.D., 1957, CERRO COLORADO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. M.S. THESIS.
KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 114.
HEYLMUN, E.B., 1987, CERRO COLORADO SILVER MINE, ARIZONA: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, V. 56, NO. 11, P. 75-78.
CIMRI
( 1 ) KEITH, S. B., 1974 . ( 2 ) ELSING, 1936 , ABM BULL. 140 . HEYLMUN, 1987, P. 77.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | JONES WAS NOT ABLE TO EXAMINE MINE IN DETAIL, AND GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM AN OLD, PROBABLY UNRELIABLE REPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | NO SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF ORE WERE FOUND BELOW 350 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1990 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 22-MAY-1995 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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