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Plain View Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046258
MRDS ID M241134
Record type Site
Current site name Plain View Mine
Alternate or previous names Escapule
Related records 10258639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06955, 31.68902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 1 1/2 MI. S. 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 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S. CENTRAL SEC. 14. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06955, 31.68902
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Ajax Hill Horst, South Of Prompter Fault, Escabrosa Beds, N-S Strike, 25-30e Dip

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALIZATION PHASE FOLLOWED MAIN MINERALIZATION IN DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SILVER ORE PRODUCED IN THE 1880'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 19738 ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 143, 1938

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODIES ALONG FISSURE VEINS IN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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