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Albatross Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039607
MRDS ID M050478
Record type Site
Current site name Albatross Mine
Alternate or previous names Gnome King
Related records 10259354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37069, 31.61846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF ARIVACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021S 009E 12 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37069, 31.61846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Amado District

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC PRODUCTION IN 1930'S AND 1940'S. ZINC NOT RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 86.87M
    Overall depth 42.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT OPERATIONS , 2 TUNNELS, 225 AND 68 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 104 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDATION, ENRICHMENT NEAR SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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