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Mona Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046255
MRDS ID M241126
Record type Site
Current site name Mona Mine
Alternate or previous names Costello Group
Related records 10136706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81787, 31.77485 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position APPROX. 1/2 MI. NW OF COURTLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 025E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 17. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Silver Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81787, 31.77485
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Breccia Between Bolsa Quartzite Above And Limestone Below

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mona Leasing Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1924 TO 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 123, 1927

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, IRREGULAR MASSES AND NARROW STREAKS OF ORE IN SAND AND GRAVEL. PROBABLY REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT (?)

Reporter information

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