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Blue Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10046205
MRDS ID M241052
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Doran
Related records 10282624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.19453, 32.0143 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position SE EDGE OF BLUE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 016S 031E 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 CENTRAL SEC 20 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Paleozoic Sediments Strike Wnw And Dip 40-55sw. Folding Affects The Escabrosa And The Younger Paradise Formation To The Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Folded Band Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Doran

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 50 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1942.

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY J. POSPAHALA IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 51.

  • Deposit

    SABINS, 1957, GSA BULL, V. 68, P. 1315

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. 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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