| Deposit ID | 10039570 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050351 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Toughnut Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tombstone Group, Northwest, Hoodoo Stopes |
| Related records | 10258769 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.06733, 31.70013 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1394 |
| Relative position | 1/4 MI. S OF TOMBSTONE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 20S | 22E | 11;14 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Cret. Bisbee Group Beds |
| Rock description | Cret. Bisbee Group Beds |
| (1) | -110.06733, 31.70013 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In Tombstone Basin, N Trending Dikes, Ne Fissures |
| General form | PIPES |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tombstone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tombstone Mill And Mining Co., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Bunker Hill Mines Co., Tombstone De |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 6.571HA |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050351 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030692 |
BUTLER, ETAL, 1938, ABM BULL. 143
GILULLY, 1956: USGS PP 281
BUTLER, B.S.; WILSON, E.D.; RASOR, C.A.; 1938, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 143, PL. 3,4.
USGS BULL. 710, 1920, PL. 5. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 79.
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OXIDIZED, BASE METAL SULFIDES IN REPLACEMENT OREBODI ES IN LOWER SECTION OF CRETACEOUS BEDS ALONG ANTICLINAL ROLLS AND IN PIPES WHERE ROLLS ARE CUT BY "NORTHEAST" FISSURES. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D000110 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Gest, Don E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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