Snyder Hill Prospect

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039673
MRDS ID M050627
Record type Site
Current site name Snyder Hill Prospect
Related records 10162069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11375, 32.15651 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 15S 12E 03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SECTION 3 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY A LITTLE GALENA SEEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11375, 32.15651

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 50E
    Length 120M
    Width 1.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALCITE VEINS AND FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ OCCUR IN ORE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Amole District

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Material ORE PB AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5% Pb, 30 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.01 Oz Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 847g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 SHAFTS, 1 ADIT (N END OF VEIN), SEVERAL PITS WITHIN 150M TO N.

Comments on development

  • OPERAOTRS INCLUDED R.W. SCHARF

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST: U.A. MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P. 1974, FIELD EXAM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS WITHIN 150M TO N AND NE OF MAIN VEIN (E SIDE OF SNYDER HILL) ARE SMALL SHOWS OF VEIN MATERIAL - THESE ARE SMALL VEINS APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL AND SUBSIDIARY TO THE MAIN VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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