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Argenta Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10046221
MRDS ID M241079
Record type Site
Current site name Argenta Mine
Related records 10207491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.10955, 31.69652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1398
Relative position APPROX 2 MI SW OF TOMBSTONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(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 020S 022E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 16, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Laramide Uncle Sam Intrusive Porphyry
    Rock description Laramide Uncle Sam Intrusive Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.10955, 31.69652
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1924

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 184 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED DURING 1922-1924.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND PIT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PAUL A. SMITH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE IN LARAMIDE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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