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Star Hill Deposit

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097371
MRDS ID TC34458
Record type Site
Current site name Star Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80454, 31.75513 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 15 MILES E OF TOMBSTONE, 80 MILES SE OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 19S 25E 28 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Abrigo Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80454, 31.75513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Recumbent Overturned Fold

Ore body information

  • Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ns And Ew Structural Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 294000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Gold Au 3.388 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL AREAS REMAIN UNTESTED THAT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY EXPAND THIS RESOURCE BASE

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED SINCE MID-1950'S. UNION OIL DELINEATED A CHALCOCITE RESOURCE IN INTRUSIVES, SANTA FE PACIFIC DID DEEPER EXPLORATION, DRILLED 44 CORE HOLES, I/P RESISTIVITY, GROUND MAGNETIC SURVEYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET

  • Reserve-Resource

    SANTA FE PACIFIC MINING, INC., INFORMATION SHEET

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE PYRITIC REPLACEMENTS ARE 10'S TO 100'S OF FEET THICK WITH MARGINS FURTHER REPLACED BY CHALCOPYRITE/GOLD MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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