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Southwest Silver Corporation No. 1

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Silica
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064571
MRDS ID TC38981
Record type Site
Current site name Southwest Silver Corporation No. 1
Alternate or previous names Jim Douglas, Fortuna, Aravaipa Metals
Related records 10259528

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.57846, 32.85288 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holy Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007S 017E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.57846, 32.85288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS SILVER-COPPER ORES IN A STEEPLY DIPPING BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE CUTTING DIABASE AND QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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