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Wampoo Mine

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046360
MRDS ID M241497
Record type Site
Current site name Wampoo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.05647, 32.90955 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 0.5 MILE WEST OF NEW MEXICO BORDER ON WAMPOO WASH; 8.5 MILES EAST OF YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 032E 15 CENTER OF NW OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Analytical data

Result 1982 CRAB SAMPLE, AG 0.5 OZ/TON CU .83% PB, 0.1% ZN 1.45%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.05647, 32.90955
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Gouge N 55 W, Dip 55 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1923
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Twin Peaks District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, RAISE, AND ADIT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED CLARK AND BILLINGSLEY, I.R. HILL, MAYFLOWER MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, J.P, 1982. USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT 137-82. MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HELLS HOLE ROADLESS AREA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Calder, Susan R. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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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