| Deposit ID | 10095791 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899913 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Lead Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | W., M, M. Mine |
| Related records | 10186832 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.78929, 31.39347 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1292 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES NE OF NOGALES, ARIZONA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 015E | 26 | SW OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Comoro Canyon Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Comoro Canyon Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -110.78929, 31.39347 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Dip Of Vein Is Steep To South Near Surface And Nearly Vertical (Dipping Slightly To North) Near Bottom Of 75 Ft Shaft |
| General form | SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N75E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899913 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230112 |
USBM FILES, BIG LEAD MINE
SCHRADER, FRANK C.,1915, USGS BULL. 582, P. 312
SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LODE IS ABOUT 25 FT WIDE AND CONTAINS A 3.5 FT WIDE VEIN; ORE OCCURS IN 5-INCH WIDE SHOOTS |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: GOLDEN ROSE MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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