Burro Pit

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046188
MRDS ID M241026
Record type Site
Current site name Burro Pit
Alternate or previous names Strong & Harris, Chicora Mine, Mosely and Sons
Related records 10209579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06399, 32.09456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX 1/2 MI S OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 25,26,35 SE4 (26); NE4 (35) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 52
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06399, 32.09456

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Keystone Fault Nne Is Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, FRACTURES
    Plunge direction N35E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulfide Mineralization Found Along The Contact Between Abrigo Shales And Limestones And Bolsa Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Cochise District, Johnson Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Strong And Harris, Moseley And Sons
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • 300,000 TONS PRODUCED FROM 1960 TO 1970. ACTIVE IN 1972, (MOSTLY SILICA FLUX)

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINING OPERATION USING A DIESEL SHOVEL (1960)

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 56.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187, 1973, P 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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