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Gadwell Canyon

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060249
MRDS ID TC10236
Record type Site
Current site name Gadwell Canyon
Alternate or previous names Ramirez, Gila Monster, Corrine
Related records 10233991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.95454, 31.5732 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 21S 024E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morita Sandstone
    Rock description Morita Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.95454, 31.5732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tombstone

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION WORK, LARGELY FOR SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5651, P. 7-9.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE AND GALENA IN VEIN ALONG FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Kibbe, R.D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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