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Maud Hill Mine Group

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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046273
MRDS ID M241160
Record type Site
Current site name Maud Hill Mine Group
Related records 10258343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81176, 31.73985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position APPROX. 1 MI. NE OF GLEESON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw 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 33 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 33. UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81176, 31.73985
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w. L*

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BEDDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Quartz Monzonite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED A. CASEY

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 DEPOSITS IN TILTED CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONES INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

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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