| Deposit ID | 10046229 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241091 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Hill |
| Alternate or previous names | Houghton Development Co. Mine |
| Related records | 10185520 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.84871, 31.39736 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 1.5 MI. SE OF WARREN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bisbee NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 025E | 30 | W OF CENTER OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Naco Group Limestone | ||
| Rock description | Naco Group Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -109.84871, 31.39736 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241091 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030628 |
KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 87.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL MASSES OF PSILOMELANE WITH IRON OXIDES, BARITE, CALCITE, AND COPPER STAINING ALONG A FISSURE ZONE IN PENN-PERM LIMESTONE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10346 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Zigler, Jan L. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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