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Howard Mine Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046178
MRDS ID M241012
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Adriatic, Double Springs Atlantic, Pacific
Related records 10185497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.56565, 32.19873 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position APPROX 3 1/2 MI NE OF DOS CABEZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC 23 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR BASE METAL SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.56565, 32.19873
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Slate Contact

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1880'S AND SOME 20 TONS IN 1932.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 62.

  • Deposit

    DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSING QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SULFIDES IN SHEAR ZONES IN CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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