Nelly James Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048120
MRDS ID M800144
Record type Site
Current site name Nelly James Mine
Related records 10185917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.29149, 31.40292 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 0.7 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MILLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 020E 27 E2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WORKING LOCATED ON SLOPE BETWEEN MILLER PEAK AND MILLER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.29149, 31.40292

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Exotic Blocks Of Pal Sedmentary Rocks Within Jur Volcanic Rocks. Nw Trending Thrust Is Mapped Approximately 100 Yards West Of The Nelly James Prospect

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO REFRNCE FOUND SPECIFIC TO THIS MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1915

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Dunn

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 64

  • Deposit

    HAYES, P.T., AND RAUP, R.B., 1968. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUACHCA AND MUSTANG MOUNTAINS USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS, MAP I-509.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT TYPE UNCERTAIN. VEINS ARE FOUND IN SIMILAR GEOLOGIC SETTING, BUT REPLACEMENT REMAINS A POSSIBILITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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