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Silverton Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046270
MRDS ID M241156
Record type Site
Current site name Silverton Mine
Related records 10136903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80315, 31.77207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position APPROX. 1/4 MI. E 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 21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SEC. 21. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80315, 31.77207
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BLANKET

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 Calumet And Arizona Mng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 123, 1927

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN THRUST FAULT BRECCIA WITH COMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE ABOVE AND CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE BELOW.

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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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