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South End Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Alteration
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048108
MRDS ID M800102
Record type Site
Current site name South End Mine
Related records 10113260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71124, 31.86513 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF HUERFANO BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 015E 23 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ASSUMED TO BE CENTER OF GROUP OF THREE PROSPECTS IN NW 1/4 SECTION 23, MILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINES IN SAME 1/4 SECTION HAVE COPPER CARBONATES AND COPPER OXIDES

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71124, 31.86513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults And Fracturing Related To Quartz Latite Porphyry Emplacement

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. HELVETIA DISTRICT AND ELGIN MINE DESCRIPTIONS USED ELGIN IS IN SAME 1/4 SECTION, M050039

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 Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. E. Chilson

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189 P. 123, P 125

  • 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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.