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Apache Mines No. 8

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039951
MRDS ID M051159
Record type Site
Current site name Apache Mines No. 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11347, 32.57982 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 012E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result WILLIAM EWING (ASSAY REPORT 1/6/70) REPORTS 28 OZ AG, 7 PERCENT PB IN SEVERAL TONS SHIPPED IN 1973. OTHER REPORTS (FOR ARIZ. WESTERN MINES, 12/30/69, 3/16/71, 2/26/71) GAVE 0.11 - 0.68 OZ/TON AU, 1.5 - 10.8 OZ/TON AU, 5.5 PERCENT PB, 0.1 PERCENT CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Oracle Granite;
    Rock description Oracle Granite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11347, 32.57982
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • TWO PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    N.G. BANKS, FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS ON QUARTZ VEINS WITH ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND AURIFEROUS? PYRITE PLUS TRACE OF CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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