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Zinc Basin Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048124
MRDS ID M800151
Record type Site
Current site name Zinc Basin Mine
Alternate or previous names Muheim, White Metal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.9826, 31.88235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position .5 MILES SOUTH OF CHINA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cochise Stronghold(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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 018S 023E 10 E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO ADIT; ADDITIONAL WORKINGS TO THE EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group
    Rock description Bisbee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.9826, 31.88235
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Badly Deformed By Thrust, But Generally Flat Lying

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Thrust Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. G Escapule, 1929, J. M. Muheim, Bisbee, Arizona, 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Roth, Frances A. (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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