Tracy Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Silica
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048122
MRDS ID M800148
Record type Site
Current site name Tracy Mine
Alternate or previous names Tracey
Related records 10258396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.25872, 31.36431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF MONTEZUMA PEAK, Location Measured To Mountain Divide In Northeast Corner, Section 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024S;024S 020E;021E 12;07 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Huachuca Quarta Monzonite
    Rock description Huachuca Quarta Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.25872, 31.36431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leo Deslaurier

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IN 1968 30 FEET LONG, 12 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I 509

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. VEIN VARIES FROM TWO TO FOUR FEET WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-93 Orris, Greta J. 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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