Hearst Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Silica, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098428
MRDS ID M050676
Record type Site
Current site name Hearst Group
Alternate or previous names Hearst Mine
Related records 10258684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.02122, 32.24873 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steele Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S;014S 023E 31;05 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Silica Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ser-Pyr, Py Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.02122, 32.24873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winchester District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF SILICA FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 187, 1973, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 416, P. 161.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JASPEROID MASSES IN LIMESTONE. LARGEST MASS IS 100 FT SIDE BY 200 FT LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Keith, Wm. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.