| Deposit ID | 10039648 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050570 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rubiana |
| Related records | 10186712, 10234430 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.25847, 31.45735 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1303 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)
Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 011E | 06 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Cobre Ridge Tuff; |
| Rock description | Cobre Ridge Tuff; |
| (1) | -111.25847, 31.45735 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Oro Blanco District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. R. Green |
| First year | 1938 |
| Last year | 1942 |
| Year | 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 28 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 0.2 Oz. Au Per Ton, And Minor Cu And Pb. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050570 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230339 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ABM BULL 191, P. 69.
KNIGHT, LOUIS H., 1970, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ORO BLANCO MINING DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA: PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
USBM FILES, RUBIANA MINE GROUP.
ABM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIVE OR SIX OTHER PROSPECTS IN IMMEDIATE AREA ALL OF SIMILAR TYPE AS THIS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | LENSING, QUARTZ-SULFIDE FISSURE VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1973 | Yeend, Warren | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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