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Old Powers Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048101
MRDS ID M800091
Record type Site
Current site name Old Powers Mine
Related records 10210191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.20791, 31.87762 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF SIERRITA OPEN PIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 011E 10 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED CENTER OF SE 1/4 SECTION 10; MILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.20791, 31.87762
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEST OF AND SIMILAR GEOLOGY TO LARAMIDE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sierrita Mining

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 133

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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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